Crossword: Very British (MTB) Problems

Ah, this green and pleasant land. No bears or wolves or poisonous killer spiders. Just miles of trails, free of hazards of any kind. Roll along, takin …

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Hmm, 6-down is the only one I can’t get.
Good clues though!

For 6 down, sometimes the size of golf balls but UK tends to be pea-sized.

Boths views ones have me stumped – clearly that is all it is for me! The paws sting also isn’t firing anything in my brain!

The paws sting also isn’t firing anything in my brain!

Think of an anagram of paws.
One that can sting.

😉

Got it all…thanks for that! The views two took my walking partner input to guess!

Splendid way to have breakfast before a ride, although did have to use the clue above about 6 down.

I enjoyed that 🙂

It makes me happy that you enjoy these because my twisted brain enjoys making up the questions, but I’m never sure if I’m going too weird and obscure 🙂

Have you not noticed that weird and obscure are the building blocks of this forum?

That one was quite easy!

It’s an absolute git to complete on a phone though.😀

Was I the only one who was surprised it didn’t accept “orf” in 16A?

Got there in the end – enjoyed that. Reading 13a as Tubeless frame did have me scratching my head for a bit 🙂 Thank you

Suspect the people doing the crossword will be divided on that as I also misread it! Hahahaha

Oooh, I enjoyed that but as above, it’s a bit of a pain on a phone screen.

FWIW, I’m in a FB weekly quiz group. Just five questions. It comes out every Friday. Nothing else but the quiz and people posting their scores.

@Hannah, any chance of something similar?

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Possible anagram of paws?

Struggling with 5 across. Last one to get.

@ didnthurt

A hazard on the ground.

4m25s. Would have been quicker but ‘paws’ stung me for time.

Plus wasted time like thenorthwind trying to get ‘orf’ to work in 16a…

Cheers. All solved.

6:35 pretty pleased with that. 🙂

Not quite sure how “Minor hazard led D up” works as a clue? (I got it by guessing from the available letters)

Not quite sure how “Minor hazard led D up” works as a clue? (I got it by guessing from the available letters)

I do wonder if if was meant to be “minor hazard held D up”
As in “D” got held up by a minor hazard but also puddle(h) backwards. Because the way it’s written, it’s puddel. 🤷🏻‍♂️

But then I’m rubbish at those sort of clues. Cryptic crosswords are completely beyond me. Once 6-down was pointed out to me, it was obvious but the clue meant nothing to me initially. The rest were fine.

That got the brain working.