Guardian Cryptic 25843 Sunday January 13Th 2013

[callaspade]

1 down: Stuggle to overtake backmarkers in particular hungry for some pie! (4,6) P?????????

4 down: Satellite dish under woodworkfor starters, possibly in a good position (4-8) W?????????E?

9,15: Junket by Labour leaderand shadow chancellor in shorts and shirt, sportingly (8,5) ??O????? ??R??

Not doing so well today. Anyone out there can get me off the mark?

[callaspade]

Struggle not stuggle!!

[ladyalex]

4d Wide Receiver ??

[ladyalex]

9,15
People's party ??

[mac44]

4d. well situated

[mac44]

9. football strip

[ladyalex]

Please treat my answers with caution.
I cannot parse them, I've only put them in because they fit the letters and sort of 'look right'.

[mac44]

1d. puff pastry

[callaspade]

Thank you ladyalex, but would you mind parsing your solution?

[ladyalex]

And Football Strip looks a lot better than People's party

[ladyalex]

See above, callaspad

[ladyalex]

Sorry, callaspade

[callaspade]

Mac - I thought puff pastry for 1d but couldn't parse it. Ladyalex - tnx anyway - still have not dismised your intuition - macs well situated also looks likely but until my brain gets the parsing I'm not done. Many thanks for your time. You certainly got me off my mark. Cheers

[mac44]

1d. I thought maybe struggle past could be puff past and backmarkers of particular hungry are r & y.

[callaspade]

Got it! anagram of satellite d u w!! Thanks mac

[Mamyalynne]

4 anagram of...
satellite = W + U + D

[callaspade]

You are good. You're good :) I was off on a formula 1 tangent that was getting me nowhere fast!

[mac44]

my last post should have been struggle to overtake = puff past.