12a Big noise from unknown club in Newcastle is TYCOON, apparently.
unknown= Y and club = C? surely Toon is not the pronunciation of a town in the NE?...
8d telephone engineer circling number(4) is RING. N is number but RIG? 13a Head of precinct extremely upset about Irish detective(6) is POIROT, I think. P=Head of precinct, I or IR = Irish. Is...
12a open jam for russian bread (6) could be ROUBLE but, if so, why?
5a Cool guy, said to be French, touring(7) looks like DISTANT but why? Cool=distant...
10a overdrawn for a time on trip creating a stink(5) is ODOUR. Overdrawn = OD, a time = HOUR? Please parse
2d 1-0 up, caught for 5: cause of serious complaint (1,4) is E COLI Please parse...
3d to stand up used to be hard(4) is it WASH? If so, why? used to be=was hard=H 21d Goldfinger demands respect, Richard said(5) looks like AURIC. If so, why please? Gold = au Richard = ric...
1a publication persuaded youngster to fly (6)
No letters yet for this part of the crossword! Can't see this one but it will help me to get this corner done!
Thanks...
17a a copy - it's in subject matter (3,4) is THE SAME. How does "it's in subject matter" fit in please? 20d Make-up - one carries a tiny bit(7) is ANATOMY. one = AN carries A but where is a tiny bit...
Could someone please parse 7d writer's charge to keep heading off graduates (9) i.e. columnist and 20d climber eating yellow pasty (5) looks like ivory. Why please? Is this Ivor Richards, the armchair...
12d The second vowel has become "I" (3) is EGO. Could someone please parse it? Also, 24a Not bad, using bow to wrap imaginary cat? is Fair to middling, Tom being the cat and fiddling being " using...
19 across. Clue: Poison ring holds sulphur, say, when inverted (8). I have: ???S???E.16 down. Clue: Greet Brown crossing dam in the country (8). I have: ???I?A?? Help please.
