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69/2down -Loopy thing madly keen to take top of fork in balls (4,4)-
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40a One must quit drink daily (2,5) - e, -o-d-

40 Le Monde, daily newspaper . It's Lemonade, with the 'a' removed.

69 Reef Knot, loopy thing. Anagram of 'keen' and 'fork'.

Many thanks and a Very Happy Christmas.

Hope you won’t mind me saying that malone gives the right answer, but, uncharacteristically, for the wrong reason.
“Keen” and “fork” have two k’s between them; “reef knot” has only one.
It’s an anagram of “keen” with f (top of fork) inside “rot” (for balls).
Happy Christmas!

Thanks, covetwood- I certainly don't mind you correcting my parsing. I often don't bother for myself- and just look for something when answering on here!

40a I too found that one difficult. Trying to think of old papers. Didn't think of foreign papers. Thank you.