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3d]One deadly in play stopped getting put on pitch.[9]
A?P?A?T?*
18ac]Projectile with function to retain oxygen when hot air's emitted?
*???U?S?O?

3d asphalted
16a discussion

Thanks v much Bunty.

H Bunty,
I think 16a should be 18a.
Do you mind parsing it? I can't see where the 'function' comes into it. Is the definition 'when hot's air's emitted'? That only works if discussion=hot air, but plenty of discussions can be short and constructive, with no hot air.

Also, I can't parse this one:
14d. Sap departs dressed in a continental fur (9).
I think it's Undermine, un is 'a continental', fur is ermine, but that leaves a 'd' I can't account for, or the 'departs dressed' in the clue.

Thanks,

Strangelybrown, Chambers gives 'd...departs' in its list of meanings of the abbreviation d or d. .

It is "when hot air's emitted?"
The "?" is questioning if hot air is emitted, not asserting it is.
It could be when in discussion, or not, hence the question mark.