Farmers Guardian 774

[Bob454]

farmers guardian 774 220515
10a. most of huge lark i translated into language of nepalese fighter ( 8 )
?u?k?e?i ( i think it must start GURKH ---)
17d. Large frisky hog, ignoring the odds, staying ma isle of man flock ( 7 )
l?g?t?n

any help ?

[scorpiojo]

10 Ghurkali anag hug(e) lark I

[Baldric]

Gurkhali

[scorpiojo]

Bob, is the other clue correct?

[Lie-in King]

10a Gurkhali - anag 'hug(e) lark I'
17d Loghtyn (alt sp. of Loaghtan, a sheep) - 'l(arge)' + anag 'hog' + even letters 'sTaYiNg'

[Lie-in King]

Sorry, missed that it's an Isle of Man sheep -

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

The alt. sp. is given in Chambers

[scorpiojo]

....I was confused by ma :)

[Bob454]

many thanks scorpiojo baldric and lie-in-king - sorry my 'e' was wrong in clue

[Lie-in King]

Meh, 2 little letters... :-)

[scorpiojo]

No problem :)

[scorpiojo]

Lol ;)

[Bob454]

and again scorpiojo and lie-in-king many thanks for your help and explanation

[Ruthrobin]

Compiler here: Yes, Bob 454 missed some of the quoted clue out. In the FG it read as 'Large frisky hog, ignoring the odds, staying maybe in Isle of Man flock'. Clearly, Lie-in-kng's first answer is what the word-play says.
Happy solve!

[scorpiojo]

Thank you, Ruth :)