Ooh! castfealibi has got to be "cast iron (Fe) alibi".

Go stale might be the answer to a clue something like 'what will happen to the bread if you leave it unwrapped'.

Oh! And if the fe was indeed iron, then getthepbout must be 'get the lead out'--a phrase that means hurry up. (Um--a cast iron alibi is one that is unbreakable.)

And--été often appears in crosswords here--I'm sure as a way to make the puzzle work.

Branny, was this a regular Xword or a cryptic crossword?

Last edited by Jackie; 10/03/07 03:08 AM.