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25a Purportedly good sailor bootlegging

-I-A-ING

Like Sallyw struggling today any suggestions please

pirating

Thanks Bernie ,You're a star,when you see the answer its so obvious,but I've been looking at it for hours!!

I know the feeling!

Why though? I guessed the answer but I don't get why 'purportedly good sailor' is pirating?!?

Also. I've got 20d left:
Time imprisoned in a squalid place may be exaggerated (6) -T-G-Y. Clues?

st age y?

Apologies, again. You asked for clues and mine was perhaps a little less than oblique.

Purportedly good = pi (sanctimonious)+
Sailor = rating
Pirating

Pi - good, rating - sailor.