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Ryan for the alternative... not sure about the "casually " though

Thank you Randk and Cockie. As far as the selection of the correct letters is concerned I am toying with the idea that no letters are repeated in each of the rows and columns containing any of the choices but I could be completely wrong.

Looking at again it could be that no letters are repeated in any of the rows and columns.

Stuck in the top of the grid ...these 2 would help please:
8a Real hard facing of stone used in construction (6) A???ER
11a Holding celebration, depend on backing singer (6) ???LER possibly rely reversed for the last 4 letters?

Bunty, 8 across is an anagram of real + h for hard and s = first letter, i.e. facing of stone. 11 across is rely round a two letter word for party all reversed.

Thanks alwayspuzzled

My pleasure Bunty. You have certainly helped me enough in the past. I have just done what I hope are the eliminations and I have finished up with every row and column having 12 different letters in each. I nearly misled myself because I originally had G rather than K as one of the alternatives for 4 down.

..funnily enough so did i until i checked the definitions!

i have 4 of each so must be missing 1 ... a down or an across?

found the other across one now!