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Hello, Elle!
No, no "taghairm" in my Collins either!
But, yes, it is in the on-line edition.
I much prefer Chambers version of "taghairm".
Chambers is known for its sometimes "quirky" definitions, as in "eclair, "middle-aged", and "jaywalker", for instance.
I like my Collins and it was good value, I think?
It would make a great doorstop, too. Quite heavy!
Puzzle is on the easy side today, I think.
I really liked 3d. Take a bow, setter!

Good evening, Rusty!
Yes, indeed, I think the Collins is great value, not only in content but also in cost.
I paid around £5 for a volume that originally cost £30.
I, too, found the crossword relatively straightforward today.
Yes, 3d: "siblings", is a wonderful clue!
I have answers for all the clues, so have completed the grid.
But there are three that I cannot fully parse?
27a: Vocalist's slangy greeting to famous countertenor (8)
Answer: "yodeller" = "vocalist" (def)
but why?
16d: They choose English readers in foreign universities (8)
Answer: "electors" = "they choose" (def)
19d: Stretch limo originally acceptable in key northern street (8)
"elongated" = "stretch" (def)
What am I not seeing here, please?

Hi elle
Alfred Deller was a famous countertenor, who could be greeted slangily "Yo Deller" (compare GW Bushs's "Yo Blair")
LECTORS are what some universities call "readers"
19 I think doesn't have the D on the end. GATE is the northern street, and the L comes from Limo, but I'm not seeing EON

....unless it's just E for key and ON for acceptable?

Hello, Elle!
"Siblings" is my "clue of the week"!
Now, I am struggling with the parse, but....
27, "Yo" is a greeting, I believe, a bit like "hi".
"Deller", I have no idea about, but maybe a singer?
16, again, I am stuck, But "E" for English, could "lectors" be "readers in foreign unis"? I do not know.
19, My stab is, "key" is "E", "limo" originally is "L", first letter, acceptable is "on", the "street", is "gate".
Why they have "northern", I do not know.
Not a great help, Elle, I am afraid.

Update, Elle!
I have found the singer, Alfred Deller, on YouTube.
Not my taste, I'm afraid!

Hi, Rusty!
Thank you for your help.
I did not know "Yo", nor had I heard of Alfred Deller as a singer.
So I was properly stymied on that one!
And "lectors" is a new word for me.
As is "gate" for street.
Anne B does not have it...but Chambers does!
Regarding "northern "..... Chambers says that "gate" is a North England dialect for "street"
I'd never heard of it!


Thank you, Chris!
Yes, the "d" was a typo! I have "elongate" for the answer,.
I have never come across "gate" as meaning "street"
Yes, I now think it is "E" for key and "on" for acceptable.

I think it is a northern thing. Quite a lot of the streets in York are called "something"GATE, as I recall

Good evening, Elle!
I knew of "Yo" but have not heard it used.
We have several "gates" and "gaits" down town, but the "northern" threw me.
I would have spelled it with a capital "N" anyway, rightly or wrongly!
But I have heard of "gates" in London, like Newgate and Cripplegate, but are they streets, I wonder?
My Bradford's has "gate" under "street".
On-line Collins has "gate" as a "street" in Britain, and does not mention Northern.
Anyway, I am sure "elongate" is correct!

Hello, Elle!
I may have mentioned before that I would love to see a choir win BGT.
I loved Cor Glanaethwy when they were on.
Anyway, I have been browsing and found these super young ones on Georgia's Got Talent, and they sing in English!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9kTEQtB_yY
What do you reckon?