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1ac]Anticipates spoken request for several cinema seats? [10].
??????A???

forestalls

1a: forestalls = anticipates
sounds like four stalls

Forestalls (four stalls)

rusty, elle, xwordfan-thanks a lot.

Glad to help ,hallgreening!

16d "A course requiring skill with computer program?" (5,4)

A?P?E ?A?T Looks like APPLE TART for the course, but this would seem to mean the T referring to program

23d "Guzzler emptied wine bottle" (4)

?R?T Looks like it could be GRIT for bottle but this would seem to be IT referring to wine

Any help much appreciated

16d

Applet = program
art=skill

23 It = Italian vermouth, wine.

Thanks very much jonboy and malone; that's enabled me to finish this one