Anyone good at cryptic crosswords ?

i think it is the name of a star.

island nation is first 4 letters, and last two letters are IR for ireland

elbair!!

israel

i thought elbair. but elba isn't a nation is it?

no...

island nation could be SL for sri lanka?

Elba is the island, so is Elbair the name of a star or constellation ?

and elbair isn't a star, or even a word is it?

sorry to p.ss on your party spark :)

is star with a capital S ?

are you 100% on all the letters?

no

no to capital
yes 100% on letters

Try again on the others then. lol

got it by **ing :(

ALTAIR

Perhaps you could give us the clues to the intersecting words, just so we can check?

me i meant

alta is an island of elba...

Where does the nation come in?

I have no idea

altair is a star according to wikipedia though

Yeah I checked too, all very odd.

http://www.crosswordsolver.org

Best explanation I can think of would be

ALTA - Island, nation topped - Race, I - Irish + Star.

ah yes, malta, well done.

(m)alta + IR

Thanks everyone for some splendid work. If I win the million I'll let you all know