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gaperon

2nd July 2012, 22:02
My last 4, which I would like to knock on the head & go to bed, so thanks to anyone in advance!

1ac Twelve point unit virtually shattered board (5) E?B?S
4d Jack predictably skipped in a bog and some fen (4) J?A?
27ac shocking way to treat curvature in bone's cell parts (9) E?T?S?R??
24d Academy scholar's penning this hardback about marshlands? (4) ?M??
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chrise

2nd July 2012, 22:10
I think 27 might be ECTOSARCS - ECT (shocking way to treat) OS - bones, ARCS - curves - body parts (protoplasm of protozoa such as amoebae



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ab

2nd July 2012, 22:11
ectosarcs? (cell parts)
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chrise

2nd July 2012, 22:11
sorry - cell parts, not body parts
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gaperon

2nd July 2012, 22:13
Thanks, tried quick solve/OneAcross, but noone came up with that!
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ab

2nd July 2012, 22:16
Embus - to board (a bus) fits the sense and letters...
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chrise

2nd July 2012, 22:17
24 AMAH works (apart, of course, from the definition)
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gaperon

2nd July 2012, 22:19
Didn't know the sense of embus, so thanks, but still not sure how...
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ab

2nd July 2012, 22:19
I think 1 Jiao equals 10 Fen in Chinese currency?
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ab

2nd July 2012, 22:20
Jack - J + predicably skipping in a bog gives Jiao so it looks like it fits the bill.
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