Community Event / Creation The Elite Cryptic Crossword

[kilvenny]

Spot on - your turn to set one Ian

 

[Ian Doncaster]

Okay:

70A: "Built for racing south, American dances approximately" (5)

 

[el_tel]

70A Swing?

 

[el_tel]

70A - Wings!

 

[Ian Doncaster]

Not either of those, no.

 

[kilvenny]

Sleek?

 

[Ian Doncaster]

Not sleek.

 

[Nagual]

Train?

 

[Ian Doncaster]

Not "train" either.

 

[Frank]

Mamba?

 

[Ian Doncaster]

Mamba?

Exactly right. Over to you.

 

[Frank]

And the Clues Keep Coming

71A: Infestation? Crazily melt half a rubber. (7)

 

[Ian Doncaster]

71A: Infestation? Crazily melt half a rubber. (7)

Trumble?

 

[Frank]

Well done Ian! ball's back in your court.

 

[Ian Doncaster]

Let's try this one, then.

72A: Old fatal charge mockery scrambled from orbit (9,5,7)

 

[Cody]

<scratches head> Invisible light brigade? <chortles>

 

[kilvenny]

I think its an anagram of old fatal charge mockery

 

[Ian Doncaster]

Right so far, kilvenny. To help narrow it down a bit, this one comes from First Encounters.

 

[kilvenny]

Sorry I am done on this one - I played the original only - the other versions belong to a an era where I had no pc.

 

[Frank]

I'm more original Elite myself. Could you do me a favour Ian? Could you check to see if any of the words down in the crossword has filled in a couple of letters of your answer?