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"wishing for issue of Times, cross at heart"(6)
Well obviously the answer is "broody" but where do "Times" and "cross at heart" come into it? Am I being very thick?

By = Times (2 x 4, 2 by 4, 2 times 4) and Rood is a cross. By has a cross at heart - in the middle, so B rood y.

Thanks Malone - too clever for me!

Glad I could help. I've seen By for Times used before.

stuck on the last 1/4.,
17d. Deficit in selling jazz say, with a piano (5,3) I think it's TRADE GAP
and trad fit's with Jazz but not sure.
24ac What secret admirer has admitted about seeker of romance (5)
I have D?T?R, should be simple but cannot see it!
finally, 16ac. Fellow feelin yen to pursue quarry (4) ?I?Y

Yes
TRAD EG A P

17 trad is a type of jazz + e.g. (Say) a p

24 dater - reversed in the clue

24 DATER

Hidden backwards in secRET ADmirer

Thanks chrise

PITY

PIT could be a rock quarry