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23ac Yob getting hold of New Order's 22* garment (6)
*22 is "returned".
I have kimono, but don't fully understand it
19dn 15* circle needing brains to crack this? (6)
*15 is "elitist"
I have clique; again only partly understood.
2dn Receivers receiving setter's payment, initially in coins (10)
I have ?I?E?E?C?S
Is it "fivepences"? - they are coins, but I don't see anything els.
Any help on these, pleae?

2dn Receivers receiving setter's payment, initially in coins (10)
I have ?I?E?E?C?S fivepences?

receivers - fences
payment initially - p
ive ?
who is the setter - is there a link there?

23a) yob = oik
order = om
new = n

You seem to have allthe bits for kimono.

Thanks to both - the setter is Shed, chelle.

clique

is iq or brains cracking (in middle of) clue

Wow -that's obscure! Thanks.

I found his a very difficult Crossword.
Had it not been for this Forum AND the answers on the Guardian's web-site, I'd have even less hair than I have.
For those who didn't do it, two clues seemed very clever (and hard, so I didn't get them without help!):
17ac. Eg fungus-scavenger initially multiplied by 20 (7) c---u-e
and
3d. Bulb in lift lifted in house (8)-a---d-l



The answers, which, as I said, I didn't solve alone, were vulture and daffodil

I think it was culture, not vulture, though I may be wrong!

I was right - it just occurred to me that I can now look at yesterday's answers! Doh!!

Have you tried 'fifteensquared'? It gives a complete breakdown of all the clues every day. ( Obviously you have to wait a week for the Prize crossword answers.)