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jazzgirl

31st October 2015, 17:25
My Last one and stuck.

25a Work meeting bored, reinforced (6-2)

I have

B?E?E?-up
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jazzgirl

31st October 2015, 17:26
beefed up ?
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jazzgirl

31st October 2015, 17:27
work meeting: Bee
bored: fed up
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shooty

31st October 2015, 17:32
I would say thats correct jazzy

work = bee

definition 3

[bee]

Examples
Word Origin

noun
1.
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
2.
the common honeybee, Apis mellifera.
3.
a community social gathering in order to perform some task, engage in a contest, etc.:
a sewing bee; a spelling bee; a husking bee

+ fed up as you have said.


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jazzgirl

31st October 2015, 17:34
Thanks for confirming Shooty.
As soon as I posted, I guessed what it was
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malone

31st October 2015, 19:23
My last one and my brain has seized up.

23 D. Public levee of city cut short when doctor comes round
(6) ?u?b?r

I've got a couple of words that have 'mb', doctor, but I can't tie them to the clue.
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jazzgirl

31st October 2015, 19:27
dunbar
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rusty

31st October 2015, 19:29
Durbar.
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jazzgirl

31st October 2015, 19:30
Sorry, misread my own entry

Durbar
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malone

31st October 2015, 19:32
Thanks, both of you.

Jazzgirl, I was trying to phrase a polite reply as I couldn't see how Dunbar worked.

Rusty, thanks . It's a word I'd never heard of, but I'll add it to my vocabulary. I checked it in Chambers - but not because I doubted you!
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