colossus

[bezzy]

stuck on a word for appeal r?n?s... cryptics: 27d charms crone surrounded by buzzing insects (9), 25a penalised again for being sophisticated (7), 35a innovative member adds an insert made of thin tissue (8), one hundred strangely silent customers (7). many thanks

[Gerryh]

25 refined

[tommy.toon]

last one...C and an anagram of SILENT = clients

[mazie]

27d Bewitches

[sandyRoe]

last one...clients

[tommy.toon]

35A: anagram of MEMBER+AN=membrane

[factor-fiction]

RINGS if the clue says peal?

[bezzy]

thanks everyone

[factor-fiction]

I'm puzzled as to how the first one can end in S. Is the S defintely right?

[bezzy]

I think it is right r?n?s but if you have a suggestion I will have another look. I'm also stuck on a word for flippant , I've got r?f????, all I've come up with is refrain but that doesn't sound right

[sandyRoe]

raffish?

[bezzy]

thanks sandyRoe, definitely one I hadn't thought of