Polymath 447

[safflower]

1d Spheroidal clusters of stars tightly bound by gravitation (8,8) ? Globular - - s - e - s. Science again!! 10a dull yellow, tawny? (7)? f - l - - - - s. 31a A Greek word suggesting a divine utterance in the New Testament. Is it rhema? I haven't come across Mr Bradman before. He's trying to flummox me. (Succeeding so far.)

[foxwall]

1d globular clusters? 10a fulvous 31a sorry, same as you

[safflower]

Never heard of fulvous. Thanks for your help.

[pjwillcox]

Am too stuck on 31A ...

but fyi mr Bradman is don Manley,aka Quixote and other Donnish pseudonyms (Duck, Giovanni ...) and is a setter for the Church Times crossword and his New Testament knowledge is streets ahead of me.

[Lie-in King]

Does this help for 31a -

http://www.peterjamesx.com/docs/What%20Is%20Rh ema.htm

(?)

[pjwillcox]

Tks Lie-in King, that does indeed help.

[ZanX]

hi, what is 21 a, a word used by shakespeare to mean "legitimate"

[oteca]

word used by shakespeare for legitimate - LOYAL