Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

But does it have a PONY in the middle? I need lots of help today. 7d, Cruise say where colonists get transported around island. ?????T???G?S? My anagramming and guessing powers are too taxed by this. Also 1d, English town flier supporting spy novelist. ??????O? ??Z?A?D. Is the definition English town or novelist? I don't have enough to go on for either. This will be a start if I get very helpful clues.

7d Cruise is Tom of that ilk, famous for membership of...?

You've left out a bit of the clue for 1d. The definition is the town. It's quite a nice clue, in fact.

It did have pony in the middle though admittedly no cat!

Yes, 1d is very clever and now I know there's an English town with a very funny name, thanks to my search engine. Merci for the clue about Cruise; I was not thinking that way.

No-one has mentioned my last clue, which is 19ac Don't start to provide money for nothing -it's free.
I have ?N?O and cannot see anthing that fits the clue. Any hints would be gratefully received.

(F)UND O?

Hi roof
Difficult to give just a hint...

try taking the first letter off a word for "provide money for".

can someone explain the 'pains' part of 1A thanks

I took it as SPAIN with the S going to the end - not convinced, though.

agreed

leader in Country going to the end

Spain becomes Pains