Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 963 Saturday January 28th 2012

[Julest1]

8a City female felt illiterate, we hear - the woman given pride of place (9)
??E???E??

12d Woman's attired to take Communion service maybe - the bread being taken out (13)
??S?N?E??????

30a Bit of fruit and fish given to beautiful fairy (8)
P?R?????

Thanks in advance

[roslyn251254]

30a pericarp

[bibblebub]

8a) Sheffield
12d) disinvestment

[littleplum50]

Sheffield

[Julest1]

Thank you! Never heard of a peri before. I get the homophone in Sheffield but can't understand the relevance of the second half of the clue. Can anyone enlighten me?

[bibblebub]

female = F
felt illiterate, we hear = sounds like 'feeled' = FIELD
the woman given pride of place = put SHE at the front

[bulliver]

'she' (the woman) + 'f' (female) + 'field' which sounds like 'feeled' ('felt illiterate we hear')

[Julest1]

Ahhh I was reading she + feeled. Thanks guys.