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Help needed ! 25 c - At A & E, receiving drug( 8 ) ??t?t???
23 dn - After penny's dropped hairdresser becomes dangerous individual ( 6 ) ???p?r
48 dn - Dictator's fabulous jar (5) ,have Grate but can't see why . Thanks folks !

At = Astatine in the Periodic Table, statin in A & E
Sni(p)per
Dictator here is sounds like, great = fabulous

Help appreciated parsing....

43a. Pretentious prince turned around and made interjection (3-2-3) - LAH DI DAH (Pretentious)

I think it's - Prince = HAL 'turned' but I can't get Di Dah from 'Interjection'.

44a. Short fruity drink containing vermouth and lime? (6) - CITRUS?

54a. Smell of body without clothing leads to overtly unchaste reaction (5) - ODOUR (Smell)

I think 'bODy' (body without clothing), but i can't get OUR from the rest.

4d. Much-loved tree, hollowed in the centre (6) - POPLAR (Tree)

This puzzles me because it looked so simple - Much loved = POPULAR minus it's 'Centre' = POPLAR (tree), but, the instruction 'hollowed in the centre' comes after the word 'Tree' and not 'Much loved' so now I'm thinking I've misread it.

LAH DI DAH


Hal (back) did Ah!

CITRUS (Lime)

Short drink - Crus(h)
Vermouth - IT (Italian)

Body without clothing - Od + leads (first letters) to overtly unchaste reaction - O U R

I agree 4d is badly worded,but is correct.

Excellent as always Mamya, many thanks.

Thanks all, kinda thought that for grate, ties in with the other few 'loose' clues this week!