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crikey, thanks..

all done. Mark have you managed to get it all today?

I don't tackle the crossword on Saturdays as I don't buy the paper that day.

don;t blame you, its a biggie and somedays takes a while.

mark there an odd one in today mail and it didn't show up on quick solve. 8a. Though now done.

8A is not too odd - but 9A is, I think

I didn't know the term for a person who has suddenly risen to a higher social and economic class and has not yet gained social acceptance by others in that class, as they are a relative newcomer to a socioeconomic class. However, I got there by arranging and rearranging anagrams of rave-up and N

one of my first, and could see it, but seeing as how 8a doesn't show up this site, i have added it to their dictionary.

Parvenu
An upstart, a man newly risen into notice.
got it by dropping u from upstart and then rave up, venu, but which ever gives same answer.

Not quite the right approach, though you got there.

It is an anagram of rave-up (indicated by wild) plus the initial letter N from the word never (never initially) within the letters (appeared in)