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Struggling with 23ac. "Employing number in East before the revolt" ?T?E? I ????. Any hints?

number as in anaesthetic not 1,2,3,4 ...

Thanks Kirky, crossword complete now. Not sure about the parsing for 8dn. I get the join forces bit but don't get the bit about leader on border.

I think it's (m)en (soldiers without leader) + list (border)

http://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=List&title=21st

See the third definition

Thanks for explaining why my answer to 8d is correct. But can anyone help with one or two hints for a couple of my last ones.

7ac French that's grasped by dull artist's model (8)
I have ?A?U?T?E
5d Shut up about learner, one absorbed in text (10)
I have ???E?L???D
Ta

7ac French that's grasped by dull artist's model (8)
I have ?A?U?T?E


French [that] inside a word for dull = an artist's model.


5d Shut up about learner, one absorbed in text (10)
I have ???E?L???D

Shut up - locked in (often for political reasons) - around abb. for learner + i (one)

Many thanks mamya
It took a while as I couldn't remember thename for an artist's model. I kept thinking it was Raquette, but it didn't fit the clue. Light finally dawned this morning.

I've 5d as well, but it is not a meaning I know for text.

This means I finished, but am still not sure about parsing someof the other clues. I started by thinking this crossword was easy.

I've finished this and most of it has been fairly straightforward. However, I'm having trouble parsing 19d.
From the letters I have, user must be the definition. I just cannot make out the rest.

Little change refers to pre decimalisation - an old penny - inside a and shortened term for a dictionary (definitive word)