Scottish Field (February)

[johnT]

Help with last couple please?

Clues annotated with (Sc) will be a Scottish or Scottish dialect word, term or slang. If not annotated (Sc) then it's a normal British/English word or term. I can't guarantee given letters are correct yet as it's difficult, sometimes with obscure spelling variations.

 

8d. Smithereens (Sc NE) (13) ?R?C?A???T?O?

Maybe a Doric or Aberdeen local word with that meaning?

 

17a. Said before a meal (Sc) (9) ???H?N?I?

All I can find reference to is Grace or Selkirk Grace

 

Many thanks

[Lie-in King]

8d Crockaneetion
17a Bethankit

https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/crockanition
https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/bethankit

[johnT]

Wow - there's a couple of words I've never come across!!

[Lie-in King]

Glad I could help 😊

[Rotovator01]

Stuck on a couple - any help please

15a they (sc) (4) ?h??

26a Heathen, Pagan (sc) (6) e?h?i?

 

oops one more

2d Call to a cat (sc) (5) C???t

[Hazlinny]

2d cheet

15a thay

[Hazlinny]

Can only find eejit but not enough letters

[johnT]

2d. CHEET

15a. THAE

26a ETHNIC

[Hazlinny]

15a 

Translate English to Scots

Words with the same and similar meaning are returned!
Found the following for they: "thay".

thay [ðeː, ðə, N. eː, I.Sh. deː]
pron. They.

If "thae" completes the crossword satisfactorily, it must be correct despite the above.

[Rotovator01]

I live in Scotland and the language (dialects) can be so slightly altered by one letter that it changes crosswords - yeah I think thae will fit - originally I had thought thee but thae is more sense

Many thanks for all the help

[johnT]

15a.

Based on letter count of 7d making 15a end in letter E

Letter count of 15a is ?H?E

So both THAE and THEE would fit. The Scottish dictionary alludes to THEE meaning something completely alien to the clue - while THAE shows as pro/adj of thay, them, those.

Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: thae pron adj

Hence going for THAE