Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

I'll endeavour to remember Ed!
Now just have four spaces in my grid. 37d I have C_ _ M, and 34d SE_ _ES, and 41a D_ _ S Is one of these thematic as I only have 10 so far?
Also still need to get the original word for 11a.

37d is thematic - 2 letter abbr. of a part of the UK (across the sea) + M(obile) - you need to replace the the first two letters with a 3 letter thematic item which i thought was an abbreviation but HotelWhiskey pointed out that it's the first part of an instrument C?? Anglais.

41a - 3 letters for "Mercury, say" (think Thor etc) reversed/"returns" + S(pecial) - definition is "men" (although I'd associate more with animals)

34d - Is also thematic (does that mean you've got one too many?) - original word is a 4 letter word meaning "vast amounts" around a single letter representing 1000 - then replace the 3rd and 4th letters with a thematic item.

From Wikipedia:

The pear-shaped bell of the cor anglais gives it a more covered timbre than the oboe, closer in tonal quality to the oboe d'amore.

Now that's about the most archetypal example of the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon I've seen in a while.

hw7

73 of 104  -   Report This Post