The Crossword Clue Challenge

[Dorsetmike]

Margaret you weren't sloe getting that one.

 

[jhnbrbr]

It is lento, Margaret

fast=lent
love=0
slow=lento

 

[marval]

Thanks Mike, that was a good one John.

Here is an easy one.

Does this horse come in the dark to scare you?

 

[Dorsetmike]

Nightmare

 

[marval]

Well done MIke.


Margaret

 

[Dorsetmike]

Has this one been missed or is a clue needed?

Some other name for a short lived particle. (5)

 

[jhnbrbr]

Is it "meson" Mike?

 

[Dorsetmike]

You got it John

Ultimate arrangement of net value (8)

 

[marval]

Eventual I think

 

[Dorsetmike]

Yes again Margaret

To make me a clerk might seem a bit fishy (8)

 

[jhnbrbr]

Mackerel!

Eat, and humorously, I hear. (6)

 

[marval]

Sorry I seem a little stuck on this one.


Margaret

 

[jhnbrbr]

Here it is with a couple of letters:

Eat, and humorously, I hear,

. . G . . T

 

[Dorsetmike]

How about digest?

 

[jhnbrbr]

No, but you're definitely on the right lines! And there's many a true word spoken ...

 

[marval]

Injest by any chance?


Margaret

 

[Dorsetmike]

Lost your spill chucker again Margaret?

Ingest methinks.

An open handed person can not shake this (4)

 

[marval]

Sorry Mike my spill chucker has packed up.

Fist


Typeface used in baptism


Margaret

 

[Dorsetmike]

Font

Virginia gives permit to servant (5)

 

[marval]

Would that be valet?