Skeleton

[torgy]

26a ham slice is one of Michael's (7) ?n???a?
25a fool returning in tears having lost heart (4) n?t?

[cashier]

26 Anagram

[aelmpvw]

how does that parse?

[torgy]

Hampshire is an anagram of michaels

[davebro]

nits

It's "fools returning" etc. (helps if you give the correct clue!)

[Captain2]

'ham slice' is an anagram of 'michaels'

[torgy]

Ham slice is an anagram of michaels

[davebro]

//how does that parse?//

ham slice is an ANAGRAM of Michael's innit.

[aelmpvw]

of course! thankyou

[torgy]

Wow, excuse me for a typo, Davebro. And how do you arrive at nits and not nuts?

[cashier]

Returning in = ni t(ear)s

[pixie374]

In tears... without the middle (heart)

[Toorak]

In reversed & t(ear)s

[davebro]

returning IN = NI + T(ear)S

typos only matter where they affect the solution of the clue - in this case looking for a plural (fools) not a singular (fool). On the other thread missed out AS from a clue which was crucial to the solution. Just saying.

[Kazmira]

nits = returing in ...NI t(ear)s having lost heart...TS = NITS