Brain Games £500

[jobjockey]

Thanks to Torcars I've retrieved Saturday's paper from the bin and almost
completed it, stuck on probably an easy one
12 Down destructive (7) *A*E*U*

[janbee]

baleful

[penelope2]

Hateful ?

[factor-fiction]

rageful?

[janbee]

could be baneful too

[Baldric]

HATEFUL ?

[janbee]

decisions decisions JJ xx

[Baldric]

HARMFUL ?

[shaneystar2]

I put baneful.
destructive, poisonous, or fatal.

[jobjockey]

thanks to all I think harmful is favourite, and thanks again to 'torcars'

[factor-fiction]

Does the M fit better than the E then in the intersecting clue, jobjockey?

[ladyalex]

I put BANEFUL too.

The crossword was a complete mess this month with wrong numbers of letters and a missing clue.
I wonder if they will just void the whole thing.

[Mamyalynne]

They have said they will accept the grid with the wrong/missing ones left blank.

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1375395.html

[jobjockey]

I'm in a mess like the compiler, harmful doesn't fit so baleful it is.
thanks again to all

[ladyalex]

Thanks, Mamya.

[factor-fiction]

Did you mean baleful or baneful, jobjockey?

[jobjockey]

Yes it's baneful,we'll have to share the£500