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Hello, Elle!
I have found out that Sion is the name of the hill that the city of Jerusalem is built on.
Wonder if that is what the setter meant?
Anyway, it will do me!

Hi, Rusty!
Ah, well I didn't have any problem with "impulsion" as I (rightly or wrongly) automatically thought of "Sion" for hill?
Yes, you are correct....Mount Sion or Zion is a hill just outside Jerusalem - Jerusalem alternatively being known as Zion.
I didn't think of this though when doing the clue?
I got a bit confused with "overnet" though, in 14a, for while - I thought at first it was something to do with the Internet?
I am sure there was some computer network called "Overnet" that was taken down as a result of legal action?
The "taken off" reference in the clue therefore threw me!
Eventually I consulted Chambers!
And discovered another definition for "overnet"!
My final parse was;
overnet = fish wrongly (def)
over- done
net - having bits taken off (from gross)
Right, I must away to take down the washing from the Hill's Hoist!

Hello, Elle!
Been a fine fresh day for the Hill's Hoist!
Anyway, I did not know Sion was an alternate for Zion.
Anne Bradford has Zion, too.
And I looked up the "Rivers of Babylon" lyrics and Liz Mitchell of Boney M sang "Zion".
A minor mystery solved!
"Overnet" is a new word to me...and I know fishing!
But, overall a good puzzle...in my opinion.

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, a good puzzle!
Goodness, Boney M is taking me back......!
We have some records somewhere......
The sun has gone down somewhat and there is now some shade, so I am popping out with the dog, now that it may be somewhat cooler.
Back in a bit!

Hello, Elle!
Boney M taking you back?
They are still touring!
Liz Mitchell and Boney M are in Canada right now doing concerts.
Just watched them on YouTube.
Still a lovely evening here.

Hi, Rusty!
It is lovely out!
I doubt the temperature has dropped much, though - it is still in the lower twenties , I would think..
But a beautiful evening!
We have yet to have dinner....... but after that.....
I have the Diamond League still to watch!
And then "Casualty" later on.
And I have started a new book by Ian Rankin.
That is my evening all mapped out!
What are you up to?

Hello, Elle!
I am taking it easy!
Been texting to my son and wife.
They are in Inverness for the weekend.
I have heard of Ian Rankin.
I have been listening to President Roosevelt's "Fireside Chats" on YouTube.
Very interesting to hear him speak from over 80 years ago!
I did not realise that the President was crippled with polio?
How are you and the cat getting on?

Hi, Rusty!
I have been to Inverness , but many years ago now.
We stayed on the Black Isle - which if I remember rightly is a peninsula, rather than an island?
Another place I have since visited is Aberdeen, where I attended a Haematology Symposium held at the University.
We stayed in the students' accommodation in the Halls of Residence.
I liked Aberdeen - beautiful beaches!
I think most of the photos I have seen of FDR have shown him in a stylised wheelchair.
But for public appearancse he tried to "walk" with the help of a cane and assistance from his Aides.
He started the National Foundation for Infant Paralysis, which eventually funded the research for the Salk vaccine, with which to treat polio.
I think, though, that he himself was about 40 when he contracted polio.
The cat still isn't too good.......I am watching him carefully......we may need to go to the vet if there is no improvement tomorrow.

Hello, Elle!
Yes, the Black Isle is not an island, nor is it black.
It is a few years since I was in Inverness, myself.
I remember finding a great second hand book shop in a converted church/kirk, there.
Don't tell the Wee Frees!
My last few trips up there, I bypassed Inverness and drove straight over the Kessock Bridge into the Black Isle.
A nice part of the world.
As far as I can make out, FDR's illness was kept from the American people as much as possible.
I liked his Fireside Chats.
Then my digging unearthed a Ukrainian woman who was friendly with Eleanor Roosevelt.
She was Lyudmilla Pavlichenko.
She was invited to tour the USA after the war.
The reason was that she was a top sniper in the Soviet army with over
300 kills!
I think they may have made a film about her?
Hope your cat will improve overnight.
Pets can be a worry!

Hey, Rusty!
I think you are right that there is a film about Lyudmilla Pavlichenko.......but I know very little about her, other than Eleanor Roosevelt making a friend of her and taking her on tour.
I think Pavlichenko was an athlete at some point of her career?
A pole vaulter. maybe?
Now... my husband went out into the garden earlier with the dog...and surprised a fox just depositing a newly cooked (it was still warm!) sausage on our patio!
It was obviously going to be his supper!
He was just settling down to enjoy it!
I wonder whose barbecue he had robbed?