Daily Record crossword help

4th letter is n from gandhi

haunt maybe

  WAS GONNA SAY  HAUNT. ??

yeah yeah

could just as easily be hound

plague noun 1 medicine a any of several epidemic diseases with a high mortality rate; b specifically, an infectious epidemic disease of rats and other rodents, caused by a bacterium and transmitted to humans by flea bites, eg bubonic plague. 2 an overwhelming intrusion by something unwelcome • a plague of tourists. 3 colloq a nuisance. 4 an affliction regarded as a sign of divine displeasure • a plague on both your houses. verb (plagued, plaguing) 1 to afflict someone • plagued by headaches. 2 to pester someone; to annoy them continually. avoid something like the plague to keep well away from it; to shun it absolutely.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin plaga blow, disaster or pestilence.


not clear which of these defs haunt fits

thanks

swift. if you plague someone you haunt them

as opposed to hound them

hmmm

stuck on any more?  will stop me from betting on the dross in between the french racing

could be either i suppose. hmmm

what about....harass

oh...forgot about the n

and the fact i has 5 letters lol

oh yeah

hound.

hound does sound better than haunt

neither of them gives me a warm feeling tbh

both hound and haunt are in the chambers thesaurus for the verb


v
annoy, vex, bother, disturb, trouble, distress, upset, irritate, worry, cause problems for, pester, harass, hound, dog, hamper, hinder, haunt, bedevil, afflict, torment, torture, persecute colloq. bug, hassle, aggravate, cause headaches to

I'm stuck with 8 down."Country subsidised by England whos First Minister was caught claiming two salaries."SC_ _ _ _ _D.

homefortea

im stuck on one too.


country hated by most, famed for football hooligans

engl--d

Just as well I am not English then Fidway.At least the country has winners though, unlike the Sweaties who must be the worst sporting nation on earth.I put that down to all the subsides and the fact that anyone who has got any get up and go has already got up and gone !!

reg

How Many Letters?

homefortea,i put it down to england having 10 times the population of our wee country

Are you sure the N from Gandhi isn't a D, otherwise it could be Hydra?

But Fidway,even if there were ten times more of you feckless haggis eaters you would still win nothing.Ten times nothing is still nothing !!! Stop relying on handouts !!!