Saga Prize Crossword July 2012

[patsyann]

Nearly finished but stuck on final 2.
10 Across. Endless dance time which accommodates sisterhood. (9) letters.
B?G???A?E

19 down. A thousand amps in ground rail. (6) ?A?A?E

[Mamyalynne]

Beguinage

[emeritus]

Beguinage

[patsyann]

Thank you.mamyalynne

[HowardKennitby]

takahe?

[patsyann]

Again thank you all very much. Ah I see the rail clue is a bird. I did wonder but would not have known takahe.

[factor-fiction]

I still don't quite see it-I can see the AKA (a thousand amps) but not the TH and E bit

[patsyann]

should have put in the ground rail factor 30 then it makes sense . sorry

[factor-fiction]

Thanks. A thousand amps in the ground rail would definitely give takahe (although I'd never heard of this bird)

[katburd]

factor30, I think (the) word the has been missed out in the clue, therefore the (the) part is an anagram, ?

[Nibble]

Try this, factor, as the common rail is also called a Takahe..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rallidae

[katburd]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takah%C4%93

[greylad]

10 across, Endless dance time etc. is beguinage

[Arabesque]

10 Across Beguinage. No idea of 19 Down.