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[chokkie]

would be grateful for some help with a few, please ....
5d foreign fan of sports team, the French, holds mobile phone (9)
???ophile
7a anxiety w hen flying on a Cairo diverstion round Portugal hot spot (10)
???ophobia
10a ready to compete at game - well? (5,4) ???c? f??

Many thanks, Chox.

[bibblebub]

5d) XENOPHILE [=foreign lover]

sports team = XI - eleven
the french = LE
hold mobile phone = put those outside anagram of 'phone' i.e. ENOPH

X enoph I le

[beejay1124]

7 acrophobia

[bibblebub]

7a) ACROPHOBIA [=anxiety when flying, i.e. fear of heights]

a cairo diversion = anagram of a cairo = ACRO IA - in this instance
portugal = P
hot spot = HOB

ACRO p hob IA

[beejay1124]

10 ???c? fit ?

[bibblebub]

is 10a (5,4) or (5,3)?

[chokkie]

sorry BB, a slip of the fingers - 10a is (5,3)

Chox.

[chokkie]

just realised 10a is "match fit". So just one more left now ...
4d a victim goes to a large meeting, endwise (7) ?b?t?a?

Thanks, Chox

[bibblebub]

a butt a l

[chokkie]

Thanks so much BB - and everyone else, for your help this morning. All done now. Chox.

[bibblebub]

you're welcome