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Surely I'm not the first to 'Post' this week..? Where's chrise, Jazzy, Mags, Pipes.... et al..? Stuck on 5d..as we often say it's the little 'uns that cause the problem.! Bitterly cold weather, no doubt you're all suffering..! Spring...?? Huh.! :> R

Hi raymond
My copy didn't arrive today. Jazzy said on another thread that she had solved it, but more slowly than usual. Perhaps she will be able to help out.

Thanks Chrise, will check for Jazzy's thread. Found it tough this week.! :> R

I have inadvertently misled you there, raymond - jazzy only mentioned it in passing.

HI
just checking in before bed.....
5d definition: bank. Think Scottish countryside :)

You may have thought Scottish countryside. I thought of ladies' underwear

But putting ladies' underwear aside (not literally!) I have trouble with 20ac. I have an answer that I think is right, but I don't see the full significance of all of the clue especially the "dispensing" bit.
Also with 19dn I have a word that fits and means "prestige" and it has a "d" in it for diamond, but do not see the meaning of the rest of the clue.
Am I being my usual silly self?

Wally: I think the "dispensing" bit refers to a cash machine (ATM).
As for the "prestige" one, I've got an Arabic word for a market better known in France upside-down around your D to make the word I presume you have (of Greek origin) for the definition "prestige"!

Nos da, Raymond. I hadn`t checked in as I`d finished it. I thought there were some cheeky little clues - e.g 7 ac. . 14 d had me stumped for a long time, still not quite sure of the parsing! Mags..

Hi all. Enjoyed this week's. For 20a. I think the first 7 letters of the answer refer to a machine which automatically dispenses food. If you put it "with a" you make a word for many moving toys.