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23a google arsenal french striker , then change a letter - defn position
17d synonym for hiding (as in thrashing) minus the G - it is in wine/tea etc

I feel incredibly thick but I still can't get 23a. Have I got the letters right - G*O*N* ?
And is the footballer called David?

Letters are right. I've no idea what the footballer is called - I Googled him, then promptly forgot.

Olivier...........

Ah! Many thanks, Chrise and Mamya. Knowing next to nothing about football, I got stuck thinking of David Ginola. Not a very satisfying puzzle, more or less forcing you to look up the list of characters.

I am also having difficulty with this week's puzzle.
Would any kind soul point me towards the answer for 18ac 5/5 O much wit then led astray ???

the o is from the phonetic alphabet

I must be missing something. I completed it easily enough but can only see 5 thematic solutions (10, 11 and 25 across, 1 and 7 down) not 6 as in the "special instructions".

I thought that too. However the two word starting solution has no definition either, so that must be one of the six.

I mean the 6,4 solution, not the 5,5 one.