Lovatts Cryptic Holiday 55

Hi smcc126

Welcome to a2k, you will find a lot of willing helpers here.

Some of us do have the Lovatts magazines but a lot of people are overseas haven't, so they are unable to answer your question in its present form.

Perhaps something along the line of Cryptic question. Clue given is "Dear Parent, PS. Have contagious viral disease". 5 letters. Mention whatever letters you already have located with ? marks for missing letters. Hope this helps.

Your answer by the way is "MUMPS". Probably someone else will verify my answer and explain in details how it was arrived at.

Good luck.

Hi Dutchy,

Thanks for the answer. I knew it would be pretty obvious. Also thanks for the input re how to ask the questions. Didn't think of that but will use that format in the future. Cheers

Hi smcc! Hi Dutchy!

Welcome smcc good to have you on board.

How about - Parent = mother, but DEAR Parent = Mum + PS

Give us a yell any time - we love to help when we can.
Lezzles.

Thank you Lezzles, you and Butterfly can do the explaining, I'll find the answers

Regards Dutchy

Welcome to A2K SMCC126, its nice to meet you!

Post any time you need assistance and myself and others will do our best to help you.
Regards, Butterfly

Hi Lezzles,

Thanks for the welcome. I am sure you will be hearing from me in the near future as I struggle my way through more crosswords.

Regards,
smcc126

Hi guys,

I am younger than a newbie, but have had a look a few times. Your help is greatly appreciated. I can get to about 20 clues without a dictionary sometimes, but have real trouble from then on and use Google and dictionaries a lot.

Thanks again and I hope to talk to some of you soon.

Greenee

Welcome to A2K Greenee, it's very nice to meet you!

Post any time you need assistance and we'll do our best to help you. Hope to talk to you again soon!

Regards, Butterfly