Crossword - help

[greencreeper]

Plain seafood drink (7-6)

????r??-y?T?R

The lowercase r and y are possibles. It's doing my head in :(

[Dave Stones]

is it "cryptic" or "sensible"?

[Dave Stones]

[edit] just a thought.... "mineral water"?

[greencreeper]

Mostly cryptic, though there is the odd "sensible" one. I was thinking it's either a plain seafood drink, of which I know none, or it's a word for plain made up from a seafood and a drink. I was thinking water but then the y came up, so I'm not sure now.

[Dave Stones]

hmm.... where does the "Y" come from?

too many ?'s in the first word by the way ;)

[greencreeper]

hmm.... where does the "Y" come from?

too many ?'s in the first word by the way ;)

Are you sure? ;)

[Dave Stones]

Are you sure? ;)
look, i posted before you amended so dont go getting picky, i wont help you :sleep: :p:

[Graham]

What are the other clues that link into this one?

[greencreeper]

Mineral water. Hmmm. That's the y out the window though, and it's not hyphenated?? Not sure about the seafood connection.

[Dave Stones]

can you scan or photo the corssword or something? i can do them much easier if i look at them...

[greencreeper]

Other clues.

Go at university and make it more lively (3,2)
Something up. Not sure. First letter would give the first letter.

Running the wrong way (11)
Mis-something most likely. I have the M and the s is probable

Correspondence from fast writer? (7,6)
Pretty sure this is express letter, which gives the first r

Seer was hotheaded? Nonsense (7)
E???A?? Eyewash maybe??

Remains with top-class pupil found on boat (8)
?T???A?? Possibly staysail, hence the y

The T?R are correct.

[edit] Wish I could scan it or photograph it but I have neither a scanner nor a decent camera :(

[Dave Stones]

[edit] Wish I could scan it or photograph it but I have neither a scanner nor a decent camera :(
MS Paint then :p:

will get his own coat

[Dave Stones]

Seer was hotheaded? Nonsense (7)
E????A?? Eyewash maybe??
to many Q's again... might be an anagram of "SEER WAS" though

[greencreeper]

to many Q's again... might be an anagram of "SEER WAS" though

Adjusted. I get carried away with the ? :D

Tried an anagram using this http://dictionary.langenberg.com/ but no joy :(

[MetaWraith]

how about a quick webpage using a table and &nbsp to define the crossword grid then we can have a better base from which to work

[greencreeper]

I don't know why I didn't see it before. I was writing y?T?R instead of ?yT?R :dozey: No wonder none of the solver things could help. When I put in ?y?T?R it came back with one word - oyster. Now that is a seafood. Next I tried anagrams for "plain" and I've sussed it :D http://www.drinkstreet.com/searchresults.cgi?drinkid=794&drinkname=category:20

Can't say I've heard of it nor would I fancy trying it.

Ta for the help. I think I can get the rest but I might be back :D

[bopdude]

What paper is it from, maybe can find it online and what clue \ grid numbers have you got \ want :shrug: just a thought

EDIT :- time lagged again :( pleaed you sussed it :tu:

[Dave Stones]

you are uselesss.... if i ever find out where you live you will be getting a beating for wasting all of my time :yawn:

[greencreeper]

you are uselesss.... if i ever find out where you live you will be getting a beating for wasting all of my time :yawn:

I freely admit to being useless :cry: It's my old age - eyesight failing, brain turning to sponge :cry:

[greencreeper]

Old king, one entered carriage (5)

p?I??

I think it's the name of a king, but I'm not sure. The letter "I" in the answer is the "one" in the clue, methinks. That means that the letters either side of "I" would be a synonym for "carriage".

Only other one I'm stuck on now is:

Second ring is low (3)

Possibly ending in "N". The first letter is the last letter of the answer to the carriage clue.

Ta :)