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gk: 'And the same guy still buys the only copy of the G. before me every time I drive 30 miles to a little shop that has it !'

How frustrating! Can't you get the shop to order two?

I used to find (back in the pre-Berliner days) that if I ordered a copy of the Grauniad at a hotel, I would never get it, but I would find a copy of the Time or the Telegraph outside my door, on the grounds that, "It doesn't matter - it's the same size" - !!!

In 24ac, the attendant is a character in Anthony and Cleopatra.

Or to be more accurate, the "attendant on queen".

I think 24ac goes: savers > attendant on queen > flag > discord, Greek > Greek region > essayist

Thanks for that clarification peterm, I'd missed that step...
livs...in 1A a dyer dyes

So he does, ixion! And then the detectives lose their 'privates' as it were, and that's 1A finished. Thanks for clearing that up.

sorry, that should be 'private'

24A. OK, so ISA = Individual savings account.

So:

ISAB
ISAS
IRAS (attendant to Cleopatra. Good luck to everyone who knew that!)
IRIA = flag

Stuck (again)

But that's a good start.

flag = iris

Any hints for 7d (?n?e?h?l? ) , 19d (?l?a?s ) and 15a ( ?e?m?a?o?t?l?h? ) would be gratefully received . Thanks.