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Finisher (thought it was unusually easy today, especially for Araucaria), but one I don't fully understand the wordplay - can anyone explain, please?
25ac Fortune held by left-winger as local funding (9,5)
I have COMMUNITY CHEST. Def. "local funding" perhaps, but what of the rest?
TIA

COMMUNI TYCHE ST

I can see COMMUNIST for "left-winger" too - that seems to leave TYCHE

Thanks J+S. Not come across the Goddess of Fortune before (I wonder why?)

Can anybody explain 14d please - sic = just so but cannt see the rest

rrc - what is the clue?

I thought that this was a mixture of Sic (Just so) and Sumac (a sort of tree) but that leaves a 'U' to explain 'black notes'. ??

The clue is:
Black notes? Just so circulating round tree (4,5)

For an answer, so far, I have put Scua Music.

Isn't it... s o ulmus ic = soul music. Isn't ulmus a form of elm?