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17a "A coup after power's lost trapping defective miltary authority" (5,7) ..........Answer "Group Captain" ...why ?
30a "College had to be demolished in part of Northern Town" (8)................Answer "Rochdale"
I can get "hda" ("had" demolished_ but what does the rest of it mean ?

17a "A coup after power's lost trapping defective miltary authority" (5,7) ..........Answer "Group Captain" ...why ?

'acoup' + 'trapping' without the P(ower)

college = C
part = role.

30a "College had to be demolished in part of Northern Town" (8)................Answer "Rochdale"
I can get "hda" ("had" demolished_ but what does the rest of it mean ?

Don't see the 'college', but I can see:

'had/hda' inside 'role', meaning part.

Sorry, crossposted with trevor, who saw what college was about! (I didn't notice you needed a C as well...

17 anagram of a cou(p) + trapping

many thanks, all, from Almo