Irish Mail On Sunday

[skyplus]

10a Racked, squeezed out W???D
8d Hindu holy men Y?D?S

Thank you all in advance

[elliemay1]

8 vedas?

[bookbinder]

10a wrung (out)?

[elliemay1]

can you clarify the number of letters in each please?

[skyplus]

For 4 across, settle down for the night, I have Hit The Hay. The Y of Hay is the 1st letter for Hindu Holy Mem. I must have 4 across incorrect so

[Captain2]

Yogis? - a bit weak though.

[bookbinder]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi

[Captain2]

Not sure if you are with me or again' me there, bb. :))

Yes, Yogi is from Hindu, but more to do with being masters of Yoga than being holy? Or is it one and the same in Hinduism?

[elliemay1]

I would agree with 'yogis' as 'hit the hay' seems to be correct

[Mamyalynne]

Yogis is fine

1st para

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadhu

[elliemay1]

'rack' is a synonym of 'wring' so 'wrung' looks good.
skyplus, what gave you the D in 10a?

[elliemay1]

^ wring: 5.verb obtain by coercion or intimidation
synonyms: extort, gouge, rack, squeeze