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German igneous rock 11d
Would appreciate a hint as I am devoid of ideas.
Joycie

Joycie, it's always good to give the full clue - then those without a copy could help.

The answer is a German word, rock, but it is in Chambers. What letters do you have so far? That way I can see how best to hint!

The letters I have are ????e?s?h??? Pathetic I know but any help would be appreciated, your point about posting the whole clue is noted.
Joycie

Thanks, Joyciee.

Perks up about unionist joy accepting bit of igneous rock from Germany (12)

Rock from Germany is the definition. It's a very odd-looking word, which I got only from working through Chambers!

There's an anagram of 'perks' involved, and the usual 'unionist'. 'Bit of igneous' is just one letter, and that's put inside a five-letter word for 'joy'. That covers all the letters in the entry, but two Fs are needed for the actual answer.

Thanks malone.

Hope it's enough, Joycie - but come back if it isn't!

I have a full grid (apart from one letter), the definition from the removed letters andthe word itself. However I cannot parse 25ac - 'Trader arranged to trap immature sandpiper' (7). I have ARTE?ER and the removed letter is B. The missing letter must be D from TRADER mustn't it, but what about the rest? Also I cannot see the significance of the title 'Cary'. Help!!

trader is actually the defn ...
so barterer ...
immature here means cut short the word

Hi kirky, thankyou for that. I understand your comment about 'immature' meaning unfinished, but I can't see the connection with sandpiper. Also still not got the significance of Cary. Otherwise I spent an enjoyable couple of days completing this puzzle (almost)!

Bigf, the sandpiper is Terek, then it's shortened. I haven't come up with anything about the title.