Late I know but my excuse is I've been out. I am stuck on b, c, e and the long s one down. For that I have s-n-e the year d-- (and now I've written it our I've realised what that is, so ignore that!). For C I have c-e-n -i-h- And now I've realised what that is too, which leaves just b and e. BL-e (presumably blue) _a__, and Es_r___t. Incidentally, the z clue was in the paper, so you lot must all be on line. Thanks for any help at this late stage and I agree it was good to have an alphabetical again.