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Yes trevor, Slanging is far neater.

jimb

spelt me name wrong in last thread. oops

Campo old girl

Welcome back, there have been some good postings lately, this one included. Wondered, at first, if your response was you or one of your alter-egos; I think it's you.

Glad!

JimB

Thanks, Wombat
Only other one giving me trouble is 22 down, Men endlessly in clubs...
Only word I can think of is reamer but don't know what it is.

Julia

A reamer is a tool for widening or shaping holes.

JimB

Yes Julia
Reamer is what I arrived at.
The longer solution being Creamer, losing the C for 17 across. Creamer indicating a substitutute for milk.
I'm not sure of the clubs bit though, perhaps some of the clever people can enlighten us.

sorry
for those without this publication
22d. Men endlessly in clubs back substitute for milk. (6)
(C)reamer
I'm off now to pack up a banquet for lunch time
wombat

I\'m glad you all arrived at reamer though I don\'t understand the "clubs" bit either.
The lunch sounds good, Wombat. Enjoy.

I think the "clubs" bit (= 'c') may stand for the clubs of spades/hearts/diamonds/clubs suits in cards.

JimC