9d Not a nice type, Australia's best ever run out (3,3) ? a ? , m ? n It looks as though it' s bat man, but I'm not sure. There's a cricket connection. But why Australia's best? And why not a nice...
14d Parisian char's afternoon waltzing (3.7) I thought of tea dancing. But I have ?H? D???C?? So perhaps it is THE..... or perhaps I've made a mistake somewhere! Any help, many thanks.
11d Note put in blue wood container (5,4) s - l - d - o - l I think the answer is SALAD BOWL, but can't quite see the logic involved. (note D within Balsa owl????) Any help gratefully received!...
Just the last two...help please! 21a Fabulous spinner doing stuff with ball (6) c?o?h? All that comes to mind is cloche or clothe, but if so, why? 23d Uncovered, apparently, and rank-smelling (4) ?l?d...
8d Wind is up, low murmur initially (6) S?M??? (Could it be samiel? but I can't see where the A and E come from!) 13a Beating which leaves a permanent impression has.... (6) ?A?T?? (I thought of...
3d Former mannequin unclothed? It's a farce. (5) e-o-e 14d Gloomier deviant shrouds black mass in confusion (9) I have e-b-o-l-o. I thought of embroiled, but it doesn't fit. Also tried anagram of...
11d Legendary Thracian poet - he sent one to sleep, head dropping. ?R?H?U? (7) I think the answer is ORPHEUS, but at the moment I can't see how the second part of the clue fits in.
Can anyone help me with this last clue please? 17d God's trident, really short, is stuck in.(6) -R-S-L I have several possible words but none seems to be correct! Thanks
Some months ago I heard a poem read on Radio 4 (it could have been in Poetry Please) that was composed almost entirely from the names of villages and places in England: it was, I thought, rather...
7d Tree's one branch in two (7) b-l-m-i 21a French overplay kinky love (9) p-r-e-v-o I'm beginning to think that I must have made a mistake somewhere! Thanks for any help.