27a One who takes the spoils or plunder (6) R?I?E? I have two possible solutions here. REIVER or RAIDER. I prefer REIVER because Chambers gives a definition of REIVE as to plunder or rob, whereas for...
7d. The teeniest bit of verve (4); _ A_ _
11a. A crack in the picture (4); _ _ _ T
Quizzes about Halifax bombers are so much more straightfoward (sigh).
Did Jorn Utzon really design La Scala? Rather like last week's one about Impressionism. Don't think Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe, Olympe, or the Bar at the Folies Begeres actually qualify as landscape...
10 ac. Tease the lad, dishevelled and dirty; _I_ _ _ _ _. 13 ac. After sneaking an arm round, having a ball (5,3). _R_A_ _ _ _. 16 ac. Makes sure it's put back, too (4). 26 ac. Be very fast but...
14 across: I, for one, will probably start, dear. LE_ _ E_, is this LETTER or LEADER, or something completely different? 31 across: Incline, you say, to agree. _S_E_ T. obviously ASCENT or ASSENT, but...
22a - Game fish may be found in one (4) ?o?l Is it as simple as pool i.e. it's a game and fish normally swim around in one.
Thanks for any confirmation
Late-Baroque Italian painter & printmaker in etching who was court painter to Charles II of Spain; _ I_R_A_O, but Charles II's court painter was Carreno
11d, Scottish comedian, T_ _ _E_E. Obviously Murray, Connolly & Baxter don't fit, & that seems to exhaust the pantheon of comedic Caledonians. 28 d, English composer; B_R_. Is it BYRD or BART?...
45across. Outer layer of tissue in a plant. (9) Is this exodermis?? 68down. Winding. (7) And is this sinuous?? 82across. Servile dependants (7) Is this minions or menials?? Many thanks in advance.