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Been staring at the final two for over half an hour!

2d Rascally lad in the shadows (7) M?D?A??
14a Around start of game, go for tea (5) P???E

Any assistance gratefully received.

2 Mudlark

2d mudlark
14a possibly pekoe

14 Pekoe

Thanks.

So 14a must be PEKOE. I appreciate that's a type of tea, but I can't parse it any further than that.

can't see a full parse yet

Start of game - KO (kick off)
'go' ( euphemistically) - PEE

Whoosh! I'd NEVER have got that in a month of Sundays! Thanks.

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