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bluemoon2

13th March 2011, 07:53
Help with last 2 please

12D) A flower here would be old womanish (4)
N-L- Is it NILE or NELL?
52A) Farm animal,old, dosed with a salt(7)
I have O-E-A-E
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gaperon

13th March 2011, 08:04
52 ac OXALATE
12 d I have NILE but not convinced!
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phil

13th March 2011, 08:06
52 ac is Oxalate - ox a late. I think 12 d is Nile. Flower often means river. Not sure why.
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eac2337

13th March 2011, 08:16
nile A +nile anile means old womanish
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bluemoon2

13th March 2011, 08:36
Many thanks for your help. I realised I had an E where I should have had an A for OXALATE.
The rationale for Nile was something I'd never have figured
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tim

13th March 2011, 23:04
flower=river, because it flows.
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