Irish Times Christmas Crosaire

Spike440

Just finished it but there's one clue I only got by getting the letters from other answers.

20D -

ADD

Sounds as if one's a moron but divine.

Any theories?

meldrew0306

answer is ADD. Sounds like a moron (more on)

nompere

DD is a Doctor of Divinity.

JuliusCaesar

Last one: 29A. Ed could make bad light off of this. H-C-

Any ideas? Hints?

Spike440

I had

WICKED

.

Sounds like you have a mistake in 8D. I think the answer is

COCK OF THE WALK

. You might have

COCK OF THE HOOP

?

JuliusCaesar

Excellent! I was between hill and heap, and 34a gave me the L. Thanks! That makes sense both ways as Crosaire likes. What are we going to do when they run out of Crosaire puzzles???

Orion

Cannot get my head around the last few for some reason.

12A: The little creatures make such outfits. K?T? (Kits but why?)
6D: Stroke the one that gets the stern one of them. O?R? (Oars?)
30A: It's more that a bit steep to sound so cut off ??EE?
27D: This does give a dose of it P??S?C

meldrew0306

12a kits is correct(kittens)
6d oars is correct
30a sheer
27d physic

Orion

Thanks. Sheer and Physic I should have got

Still don't understand oars and kittens but I'll take your word for it If the little creatures made ten such outfits I'd get it.

nompere

Macros42 wrote: »

Thanks. Sheer and Physic I should have got

Still don't understand oars and kittens but I'll take your word for it If the little creatures made ten such outfits I'd get it.

Kit is an alternative to kitten. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_%28disambiguation%29

Stroke refers to what a person does with an oar and to a particular oarsman who sits at the stern of a boat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke_%28rowing%29

Orion

Ah - I didn't know it referred to a person too. Thanks.