Rte 44

[scooke]

18a how deceased could Marley have been if Scrooge saw him so late?(4,2,1,8)???d,??,?,????n?i?
5d.. like that outpouring of the Holy Ghost.to name it in a different way(9)?m?n?????
10a 0 men- and women- it doesnt look good..(1,3,4)a, ??d,?i??

[elliemay1]

18 dead as a doornail

[Captain2]

a bad sign

[bookbinder]

10a a bad sign

[bookbinder]

5d emanation

[Lie-in King]

18a Dead as a doornail - https://tinyurl.com/tzpwpb7w

[Captain2]

If 5d is typed correctly, there's something wrong with the anagram, I think.

[bookbinder]

Captain2: I suspect that scooke should have written: " to name in a different way."

[Captain2]

... agreed bb. :))

[Lie-in King]

Cap'n - found the puzzle & the clue is as shown in the OP (other than , for . after ghost) - so have to think the setter got it wrong.

[Lie-in King]

... or to be fair, perhaps the Editor made the boo-boo.

[Captain2]

Thanks LiK, 'well it is the .....' as we've said before. ;0))

[Lie-in King]

Oh yes! ;-)

[JohnC1]

So, is emanation the right answer?

[bookbinder]

'emanation' certainly is the right answer!
https://www.definitions.net/definition/emanation