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16 ac A tiny thing that has Liberal in shock (4) ?o?t

24 ac Country bumpkin heads towards Sandhurst (5) b?r?? - would end with 'a'
if 20d is drained.


20d Entire contents of card index mysteriously empty (7) d????n?d - drained but can't see the wordplay.

The is the last Dean Mayor puzzle I will bother with ! Any help appreciated.

drained = anagram of inside letters of (C)ard inde(x)

jo l t

Looks like Burma?

Many thanks Chelle - can go and do a fun thing now.
Cheers Julie

It is BURMA Bu + (Royal) M(ilitary) A(cademy) Actually I found it quite easy. Just sweating on the last half dozen on the Mephisto now.)

BURMA is correct. It is the heads of bumkin (BU) with Sandhurst which is the Royal Military Academy or RMA

Thank you for the confirmation and explanation Brackendale and Filmfan. Finished now and have put originate for 4d
Pioneer - fancy hugging one, Joe ? I dont get the fancy hugging one Joe bit - is there a pioneer called Joe ?

It is ORNATE (fancy) holding one GI - GI being an American soldier or "Joe"

Ornate + one (i) + GI (GI Joe?)