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[Jacksdau]

Only doing this for fun, but some I need help with, please!
7 d Soft__, vulnerable spot [10] 9a Scottish word meaning strange or unusual; 13d Heresy, belief contrary to authorised teaching 10; 21a, Farm worker employed to do odd jobs [4-3]24a Open gallery at servers end of court in real tennis [6] 28a Malignant female water spiritin German mythology

[Mamyalynne]

7 underbelly

[Quizmonkey]

Underbelly ?

[Mamyalynne]

21 yard man?

[dannyk13]

7d.Underbelly
9a. Unco
21a. Orra man

[Wharton]

21a orra man

[dannyk13]

24a. Dedans

[Lie-in King]

13d Heterodoxy
24a Dedans
28a Nixy

[dannyk13]

28a. Nixe

[dannyk13]

sorry Lie in KIng but I think Nixe is correct

[quinie]

21a orra-man was answered a few days ago. I posted The Orraman a poem by Alistair McDonald which won a prize in 2002

[Lie-in King]

Hi danny - not according to Chambers -

nix...(Ger myth)...usu[i malignant...water spirit (also [i]fem] nixie or nixy)

[Lie-in King]

Apologies for the italics mess-up...

[dannyk13]

Free on -line dictionary defines nixe as a water sprite. Have googled nixy but not found a connection to water sprite.

[Lie-in King]

The Chambers ref was easiest, but also here -

http://www.britannica...cked/topic/416458/nix

[dannyk13]

To confuse matters a bit more. I have checked Collins and Longman dictionaries an both give Nix as a male water sprite and Nixie as the female equivalent. I think trhe correct solution will rest with where the compiler has got his information.

[JoolsTwo]

Correct answer for 28a is Nixy. I enter online and it tells you if you have an incorrect answer.

[Jacksdau]

Thank you Lie-in King

[Jacksdau]

Thank you all for solving my headache! Just one left tho'--26d. Official of St. Pauls Cathedral known as the "Gloomy Dean" [I know I should know, but it hasn't come to mind yet!]

[JoolsTwo]

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