satelgk 27/01

[burnham]

Can any one help with these, please? My brain is addled.

23d: Life ...... (9) (I have i-s-r-n-e
25d: Spore case, sheath or sac (5). I have t-e-a
37d: metal tool used in ancient Greece and Rome to scrape dirt from the body (7). I have -t-i-i-

All suggestions gratefully received.

[Pea Pod]

23d Insurance

[paulineward]

posted mine, but if I remember correctly..
Life Insurance
Strigil?

[paulineward]

theca?

[mazie]

25d Theca

[burnham]

Thank you all. At 85 (all but) the ?brain/ is starting to atrophy -or maybe it was never there in the first place.
Now I can tackle what me wife's left of Herculis - I may need your help again, so don't go away!