The Week 717

[wickham]

Three to go ...

1A: Assist a tenor and soprano around grounds (6) _ T _ _ _ A

[the 4th letter of 1A is the first of 3D]

3D: One departs in minority protest? (9) _ _ I _ I _ E _ T

12A: Old-fashioned display is cut (4) S _ E _
The best offering I have for 12A is SHEW but I'm not entirely happy with it.

Help appreciated please.

[dxhound2003]

1a Stadia

Shew is correct old form of Show. Letter S is an an abbreviation of Is, Hew to cut.

[magistra]

s = 's, hew = cut

[magistra]

3d might be DISSIDENT. Are you sure the first i is correct?

[wickham]

Many thanks for SHEW [I had not thought of S as meaning IS]
Thanks also for STADIA - I can understand the GROUNDS but not the Tenor or Soprano.
I think the first I of 3D is correct, it comes from: 9A: Beat with improvised music - it could lead to something hot (8) to which I have entered CAPISCUM.

[Lie-in King]

Stadia - 'aid' + a t(enor) + s(oprano) (around = reversed)

[wickham]

Many thanks Lie-in King - I got it fixed in my head that Soprano was going to be SOP. Can you help with 3D by any chance? The first letter is now D.

[Lie-in King]

I can if you've made a mistake & entered 'capIScum' instead of 'capSIcum' (?)

If so, see magistra's 2nd answer above...

[yogasun]

Surely it's Dissident as magistra said.

The other answer is capSicum not how you have it (?)

[yogasun]

Snap! L- i K :0)

[Lie-in King]

:-))

[wickham]

Many thanks to all of you - you are all so very good, as ever. I am getting too old for this - and a little lacking in brain power.