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1across poke one's nose into group of servicemen with a candid humour, leading to hospital.
Completely baffled despite having m-s- ------ --t-

Mess around with?

I have an answer, but I'm not entirely happy about the parsing.

The "group of servicemen" could be where they eat. It finishes with a short word for humour, + H for hospital.

Most of the middle is what I'm not happy about.

Hi barrycat
How do you explain the "round"?

Hospital is the usual abreviation

Sorry ChrisE, I can't. Hence the ?

Thesaurus shows round as synonym for candid

Main Entry: round
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: honest, direct
Synonyms: blunt, candid, frank, free, outspoken, plain, straightforward,

Well you have found it, jazzy - but I have never heard it used in that sense.

Well you have found it, jazzy - but I have never heard it used in that sense.