Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 1113 Saturday October 4Th 2014

[Kapadeka]

24d, I think it's creditworthiness but it doesn't parse...or does it?

[bookbinder]

A clue would help.

[Kapadeka]

Apologies bookbinder...feeling lazy. It's, buy with gold, your old shillings being suitable for loan (16)

[boxtops]

which letters do you have already?

[Kapadeka]

I just had 'I' in 12th position...guessing, as usual!

[bookbinder]

I think it's ok, Kapa. I can't, at the moment, parse all of it, but here's what I can see:
your old shillings =thine (old word for your) + ss = shillings.
suitable for loan = creditworthiness.
Buy with gold? Can't parse that bit, at the moment.

[Neveracrossword]

Buy(believe) - credit
with - w
your old - thine
gold - or
shillings - ss

Credit w or thine ss.

[boxtops]

I can see WITH OR (gold) as giving you the WORTHI part of your suggested answer...

[novalis]

buy = credit w = with 0r = gold thine is old word for yours ss = shillings

[Kapadeka]

Wow! Many thanks to you all...had a cataract op on Thursday so doing this with one eye...well, that's my excuse! Thks!

[Neveracrossword]

You're very welcome.