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17a Something to do with a mushroom (4)

D?RN

shooty, I think this is DARN. In the olden days when I was young socks were stretched over a 'mushroom' to be mended.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/T4I6r44lQyywugTQo6qQfQ

Thank you Rambler. maybe you or others can kickstart me on the right hand corner to finish as i find this setter very obscure.

16a They're outstandingly elephantine (5)

T?????

Possibly 'U' is second letter

Times were hard then Rambler!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo

tusks. how silly of me

Very good, andyc

shooty, TUSKS?

We all have these blind spots, shooty, when we kick ourselves.

last one (hopefully)

18d Breathless greeting to a Scottish town! (5)

A??OA

The first A comes from darn and I am as happy as can be (famous last words) with the other two letters.

(H) ALLO A