Can anybody help with 22 across move noisily:- C?A?H, I thought of either crash or clash but neither make sense to the clue, also 43 down Dull:- M?N?A?
Many thanks for your help, like poor tony I also checked the dictionaries and thesauruses etc., my wife has a Franklin Wordmaster, and I even checked the online dictionaries yet none of them gave the answer I was looking for.
Whilst I am on the subject of this particular crossword, my wife has put FACTOR for 5 across, Scottish land agent, does anybody know if this is the correct answer
You would do well to trust Lie-in king - rarely, if ever, wrong.
This is part of the definition for crash in Chambers: (the last portion is relevant)
crash1
n a noise as of things breaking or being crushed by falling; the shock of two bodies meeting; a collision between vehicles, etc; the failure of a commercial undertaking; economic collapse; a fall or rush to destruction; the complete breakdown of a computer system or program; the disagreeable after-effects of a high ().
adj planned to meet an emergency quickly; involving suddenness, speed or short-term intensive effort.
vt and vi to dash or fall to pieces with a loud noise; to move with a harsh noise;