Lovatts Cryptic What medico practising traditional medicine?

witchdoctor

Jespah thanks for that. Do you happen to know 1 down and can you confirm AFFORD 64 down

Debbie/Dorset

I don't have the puzzle so I'll need the clues.

Jespah

1 down is firmly bandaged when struck by saint
S?R???E?

28 down Scrap of timber for the New Zealand opener's last delivery ?A?C?T?E? not sure about the A

64 down Give a very loud order without hesitation
?F?O?D

Hope you can help

1 down looks like syringe. I don't know about the others. 64 down looks like an impossible arrangment of letters. Are you sure the F is right?

strapped?

64 down
afford
a
ff-very loud
ord-order wither hesitation (er)
28 down
offcutter
offcut-scrap of wood
ter-Nz opener ?

HELLO BEETLE

NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU, THANKS FOR YOUR ANSWERS. DO YOU AGREE WITH STRAPPED PANZADE'S SUGGESTION.

PANZADE

SURE YOUR RIGHT. TA

Yes

st-saint
rapped-struck

Lovatts Giant Cryptic 28d
Hope this helps


"28 down Scrap of timber for the New Zealand opener's last delivery ?A?C?T?E? not sure about the A"

The answer if OFFCUTTER (The A you have has to go!)

OFFCUT = scrap of timber
TE = New Zealand word for "the"
R = the last letter of the word "opener"

Whole answer OFFCUTTER is a kind of cricket delivery

THANK YOU BEEPER. AND WELCOME TO a2k.

OFFCUTTER IT IS.

Wish I'd seen this thread earlier - I'd have been able to help you with all those.

I didn't know that 'te' was the NZ word for 'the', but 28d couldn't have been anything else.

canada - if you had an 'A' as the second letter of 28d I suppose you had 'heaviest' for 32a? I hope you changed that to HEFTIEST.
"His first newt, that is, on the road is the most sizeable"

H - the first letter of 'his'
EFT - another name for a newt
IE - means 'that is'
ST - abbreviation for street = road
HEFTIEST - most sizeable

Good luck with your entries! For myself, I'd rather win one of the 4 Mikasa crystal clocks that are prizes 5-8. I don't need a Qantas expandable travel case as I unfortunately won't be travelling anywhere in the foreseeable future and the board games are rather 'ho hum'. (Sphinx and 3D Vampire) For those doing the UK 'Puzzle Collection' #31 - these are the prizes for the Aust 'Holiday Collection' #48. It's the same puzzle book but with different names and issue numbers - and different prizes!

Lovatt's 'medico'
Witchdoctor

Hi Monmar

Welcome to a2k, you haven't filled in your profile yet? Nice to hear from you.

HMMM SORRY DEBBIE I ONLY DO QUICK CLUES IN CROSSWORDS.I MUST BE TOO THICK TO DO THE CRYPTIC ONES LOL

lovatts cryptic 48
Thanks beeper for strapped and offcutter. Do you have any ideas for 59d
- Adopting without church of england ceasing to have sum inside.
The letters I have so far are ?S???I?G

How about assuming :-
ceasing without Church of England = asing
put SUM inside - as sum ing
adopting = assuming (as in assuming an identity)

re:assuming
yes i have used assuming, but am not entirely happy with it

I've finished the Lovatts Criptic and I'm pretty sure ' assuming' is correct.