Times Cryptic Today From 1985 Wednesday June 11Th 2014

[Gaperon]

5d Nothing improper about his subject, decreed Pope (14)
A?????????G?S? Can only see anthropologist, but can't parse and also it makes an across clue tricky

[mallyh]

whats the across clue to get another letter ?

[Gaperon]

15ac Jobs for the boys, to stop mine running wild (8) S???T??? Third letter would be P if anthropologist correct

[Mamyalynne]

I think you are right with Anthropologist..


It is an 'almost' quote from..


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

[Mamyalynne]

15 Nepotism

[Mamyalynne]

stop mine - anagram

[Mamyalynne]

Pope

//The proper study of Mankind is Man//

[dannyk13]

Quote from "An Essay on Man" by Alexander Pope

[Gaperon]

Thank you mamyalynne, appreciate all your explanations.

[Mamyalynne]

You're welcome.

[Gaperon]

It was my erroneous 9d which was throwing me. I had put congestion zone