Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

Chambers says there as an interjection can express both sympathy and finality. So there! I've shown it! You can take it from me! I suppose.

Quite agree, TheMadWoman, total stinker.

Among the many still baffling me and that I suspect are words or phrases unknown to me are:

18a Community links plan backing second church with a priest, primarily (6)
E?o?a?

37a Straddling sharp double bend, lay a stop sign in Riyadh (5)
H???A

45a Parrot quietly nestling in tree a kilometre back (6)
K???p?

ECOMAP, MO + CE rev. + A + P


KAKAPO, P (quietly) in OAK + A K, all reversed

lay, amateur, HAM, double bend = Z, so HAM(Z)A

Thank you Buddy, have never heard of any of those words before.

HAMZA is a sign in Arabic indicating a glottal stop.

No, me neither.

I quite agree - even worse than the previous one.

Frankly I got most of it, but then feebly gave up.

I could drag it out of the recycling but life is too short.

Given that there will be 2 next weekend (including the Bank Hol) I hope they'll be less arduous.

Yes, this has been a real struggle - so much extra time is needed to work everything out! I've entered a few that I can't parse fully, but I know are correct, but would especially like to know how these two are fully arrived at:-
40 Down - "Crossing motorway, I'm wise, following line"
I make this "ON MESSAGE" but am wondering whether the "ME" is partially representing "motorway" or whether it's "me".
27 Down - "Host poking spot on pet" This looks like "TOMCAT" but the only bit I can see is "MC" for "host".

Rocketman,m 27 D has To A T, spot on, exactly, with the MC inside.

The others one is M (motorway) inside “ONE’S” (I’m) + SAGE (wise)