colossus cryptic 191

Re: colossus cryptic 191
1d - stop or we will tangle cables - 8 letters - seems to be t?w???e?

TOWLINE (Stop! Toe the line! a rope is called a "cable" by sailors)

37d - attach essay covering symptoms of flu - 5 letters - ?che?

ACHES (you get 'em with flu) (attach, join, covering etc in cryptic clues often mean the answer is hidden in the clue with letters added)

Any help would be gratefully accepted. I am stumped![/quote]

colossus no 191 cryptic
many thanks contrex, great stuff!

Is 1d not TOWROPES (an anagram of stop or we)?

You're right! I stupidly interpreted that final question mark in t?w???e? as meaning "this is a question" and not "this stands for a a missing letter".