To complete the crossword.

26 across
Poor area surrounded by soldiers (4)

To make things worse, I have two of the letters as well! *e*n

Please put me out of my misery, I am ready to feel stupid when I hear the answer.

teen No i mean Bean

One of those take your pick 😉

popping the clue into google pops up the answer, I don’t get it either knowing what the answer was.

mean : men round (a)rea = poor ?

‘Ukraine’ doesn’t fit, does it?

Enduro. It’s the answer to everything these days 😉

RS – 😀

Klunk – Member
mean : men round (a)rea = poor ?

Yep, that’s it!

Thanks!

the “area” bit of the clue/answer makes sense.
the “soldiers” bit… yeah, spose

guess it was the last one the crossword setter had to sort too, so got a shonky clue just to get it out of the door.

Klunk got what I got from google, it’s a bit of a leap…

mean : men round (a)rea = poor ?

😯

And you got all the other answers? Never understood how people do cryptic crosswords

current stuck on the top left corner of todays grauniad cryptic 🙁

So soldiers are men then ? 🙂

Lame clue.

‘Ukraine’ doesn’t fit, does it?

Only if you write really small

Klunk got what I got from google, it’s a bit of a leap…

hence the ? it’s not the best clue for sure.

current stuck on the top left corner of todays grauniad cryptic

I always start with 1 across too. And rarely progress further.

I would have thought peon is a better fit for poor but can’t tie up with rest of clue – mean seems a leap to me too.

it’s actually starts with 7 across today

Dance venue near to Central London underground — Blackfriars, for starters (9)

just got it 🙂

that’s cryptic?

thesaurus confirms it, bare:arid:desolate:mean:poor:scarce etc.

So soldiers are men then ?

men, ra, ta, re, gis…..

Dance venue near to Central London underground — Blackfriars, for starters (9)

Don’t usually do the Graun cryptic, but that’s rather good!

Nigh t c l u b

Nigh = near
For starters = first letters of.

Nice. Don’t feel so thick now!

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Yep, that’s it!

Thanks!
What abut my answer?
Flounces after having cross words