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I've been waiting to see if anyone else is puzzled by this (illiterate?) clue

25 Eg sound of a thunder heard in moment (4)

(That's exactly as given in the paper and online.)

I've gone with a "hidden", but I'm not convinced!

I have also gone with the 'hidden'...a sign of a future event? Not the best clue.

Thanks for the confirmation, scorpiojo. Unlike Brendan to produce such a poorly-written clue.

It looked like a homophone.

Stuck on last three in top right:
7D Writer is brought into rock band to make music (8) ?O?O?I??
6D BAnd, live, including old instrument for blowing in the wind (4) Second half of clue suggests an obvious write-in but parsing?
20A Backed a time and place for big event (5) A???A
Again, a fairly obvious write-in but why?
Strong hints welcome.

7d I don't have O for the second letter

6 Two letter word for live with two other letters

20 read it backwards

Thanks Chrise. I'll have another look at 10A, it seemed too plausible!

The clue 'eg the sound of a thunder' is actually a quotation from Hard Rain by Bob Dylan as follows ' I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warning.' Last word gives the definition. A bit obscure, but not flawed.

ChrisE
The clue 'eg the sound of a thunder' is actually a quotation from Hard Rain by Bob Dylan as follows ' I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warning.' Last word gives the definition. A bit obscure, but not flawed. Unfamiliar with this forum I posted this above, apologies for duplication!

Thanks and welcome, kfm.

I spotted the other references, so I'm a bit miffed that I missed that one. Patti Smith will (has?) sing it at the Nobel party, I believe.