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Found this one weird, and still can't see the following couple: anyone any ideas?
9d Square on the kisser the old girl's caught sovereign,____! (13) I have ?O?S?A?K?D ?L?
17d A little reading up of Hood, now Keats, a show of open-handedness and high kicks? (3,4,2) I have T?E ?P?N ?O
Many thanks in advance!

Just emailed you!

I'm finding it REALLY weird! Please sudokulover, could you share your brainpower? Need a kick-start. Thanks

9d gobsmackingly ( king being the sovereign)
17d tae kwan do - hidden in the clue backwards

Saw my mistake the moment I'd posted it off: thank you for the tip, nevertheless, SKL!!
And if you need further help,Nr 3 (sorry, didn't notice your name properly) I'm around for another hour: it really is strange when you're expecting another Araucaria at last!

Many thanks

Gaperon: am off to bed now to catch up on some sleep, but promise to look in again later---they CAN all be solved, but it's a hard trek!!!

hi sudokulover et al,
finding this queer. got 10a - E_D_A_ _ (think its Anglo-based, got 4d- R_ _ _ A,
got 19a - D _ E _ K. "gobsmacked" with 9d. No help from my dictionaries.

19a...DRECK
Its a Yiddish ( I think ! ) word for rubbish...poor quality jewellery, for instance would be described as dreck.
DECK, pile with R, last of timber.

Dizoz: For 10a, find an abb. for
the BBC boss to go between electronic & tag: no particular def in clue!
9d:the adverb form of your word!
19a: unusual word (also German) for rubbish;"pile" refers to cards
4d Cuban dance; first 4 letters=had misgivings about
Hope that helps!