Guardian Prize

[suziecreamcheese]

Super-stuck on 1,9,23:

Borrow 5p and settle up with poor children's entertainer (9,11)

??O?G???B/S?U?R?P?N?S   (Spongebag Squarepants - best I can do;-)  Please help.

[Calibax]

Spongebob squarepants

[Neveracrossword]

Yes - Sponge, Borrow, Bob, 5 p, Square, settle up, Pants, poor, rotten etc.

[Buenchico]

Almost!

Spongebob Squarepants.

Borrow = sponge

5p = bob

Settle up = square

Poor = pants (as in "His performance was totally pants!")

[sandyRoe]

Is it not SpongeBob?

[Buenchico]

"The misadventures of a talking sea sponge who works at a fast food restaurant, attends a boating school, and lives in an underwater pineapple".

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206512/

No wonder kids are maladjusted these days!

😁

[brainiac]

^^ doesn't matter when you're filling in a crossword grid!

[brainiac]

....capital letters or not, I mean

[Neveracrossword]

Oh, I thought my answer was fine...

[Tilly2]

I think that was crossposts, NAC.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Tilly2  - the 'almost' made me think I'd got a bit wrong!

[suziecreamcheese]

Thanks, everyone. 5p - BOB - I should've seen that. Maybe.

Glad it's over. x