Hi, Rusty!
No, you are quite right...I have never heard of Tullybaccart!
Is it far from you?
The plumber and his assistant have just arrived.......they were supposed to be here at 9.30am!
But the plumber, yet another Chris - we know a surprising number of them! - is not new to us.
He has previously done several jobs for us.... he is a very nice guy, a very good worker, and does an excellent job.......but his time keeping is terrible!
We have him back, though, because in every other way he has proved be reliable.
I have finished my crossword.....
Re 11a: I have "isle" = "may be the top of volcano" (def)
Woman briefly recalled - "Elsi(e)" - reversed.
I am assuming that it is simply thought that an island may be the top of a volcano?
I cannot parse 8d though.....
A paper turns up containing a device that's similar (9)
I have "analogous" = similar (def), but cannot see the rest of the parsing?