cryptics

[dbrods]

Resolved to mend 6 differently (10) determined?

Is my answer right. I took 6 letters from differently DETERmIned and mixed them with mend, but this solution seems too confusing to be true.

[auntflo]

is the answer to 6 across or 6 down tiered by any chance, it's an anagram of mend and the answer to 6a/6d

[kayakamina]

Does it refer to the clue at 6?

[auntflo]

... or dieter?

[dbrods]

the clue at 6 is Prevent one being eaten - being this? (6)

[Lie-in King]

If the answer to 6 is 'Tiered', then that + 'Mend' is an anagram of 'Determined' (?)

[auntflo]

dieter + mend (anag) = determined

[kayakamina]

D i eter

[dbrods]

so then is the answer for 6 tiered?

[Lie-in King]

Oh, ok!

6 D-i-eter (works with 'Mend' as above...)

[dbrods]

so can someone explain to me how the answer was gotten to. what indicates to take the word dieter

[Mamyalynne]

prevent (deter) one (i) being eaten = dieter

[dbrods]

dieter doesnt mean to be eaten right? it means to regulate what you eat. wouldnt the answer to 6 be tiered...althought i dont see where the definiton would be

[dr b]

Prevent one being eaten - being this?

The definition is "being this?" "this" being a dieter. The "?" often indicates that the setter is taking a few liberties with cryptic conventions for the sake of a clever surface reading.

so "mend 6" now becomes "mend dieter", "differently" (anagram) yields determined

[Mamyalynne]

the word deter swallows the "i" (ie includes it)