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Don't usually attempt Mephisto but am struggling with these 2:
1d. Lordship with long-delayed motorist's warning sign (6)
L _ _ ATE
and 10a: Underworld boss caught by fink? His coin has clout (9)
_ _ UT_NRAD (the final D may be a T)
Help please, it's giving me a headache!

pluto C rat

L Plate ?????

LP = Lord provost
long delayed = late

A Lord Provost is convenor of the local authority, the civic head and the lord-lieutenant of one of the principal cities of Scotland. The role is similar to that of a mayor. Only the cities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow have a Lord Provost; other Scottish local authorities have provosts or convenors.


Pluto was the Greek god of the underworld + c(aught) + rat

Thanks Shooty, you are so right. I had an N for where the C is in plutocrat (the corresponding solution being ECTASIS where I had ENTASIS). Brilliant

Happy to help mikey