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Hello Everyone, all the very best for 2012 - and especially those undergoing medical treatment, or suffering from ill health - I hope this year proves to be a good one for you all.
thanks, Jazzgirl, for the help on those clues - I'd never have got 5d and 13d....
Regarding 16a not opening with a child on the throne
I've got:
-E-N-N-
all I can think of is reining - without the 'g' for being on the throne, but it doesn't make sense! Any additional clues welcome...
Also stuck on bottom r/h corner -
19d River below castle
-A-H-
20d Mock Somerset town...
-A-N-
Again, any additional clues would be appreciated.
I hadn't noticed the increase in price - it's essential buying, so no contest!!!
Regards to you all
Chris

Hi Chris
16a think of "with child" and deduct the r
19d the name of a river in literature.
(it is hidden across the clue)-E-H-

Check your spelling on 22A
20d A Somerset town without the last 3 letters.
-A-N-
Cheers.
J

*typo. I meant to say deduct the p on 16a

Cheers, Jazzgirl - it's easy when you know how!!!
I've said it before, but I do sometimes over-complicate things...
Have a good weekend, everyone
Chris

Evening all! I'm still baffled by 10A and I'm not convinced by my answer to 1d any more. Help!

Hi Bees
1d is a country:
One - i
alongside - by
the (foreign) la

Having the Y may now help you with the TV detective *Y****** with 10A ?

It must be my background, but I had KERNING for 16A.

KERNING (No Space) = KING (On the throne) with ERN (child)

I like my answer better than the correct one.

Bees wrote:

Evening all! I'm still baffled by 10A and I'm not convinced by my answer to 1d any more. Help!

Think of the river which runs through Hereford and Chepstow and put it outside a 70 year old pop star who is also a "Sir".

Thanks Jazzgirl, I had 1d right after all. I hadn't noticed that I made a mistake when I wrote down the answer to 3d, I was reading the F as an A. The penny has now dropped. Set in Cornwall, wasn't it? Cheers.

Thanks Seamus.