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I have occupy for 1a and I get 'People' in the sense of 'move into' and 'y' as the unknown but I 'm struggling to parse the rest.

It's always better to give the clue - those of us without a copy would love to be able to help!

Oh, sorry. There are usually loads of folks who have the crossword in front of them.

The clue was "People go on, mostly quiet and unknown"

Thanks.

occupy = people (def)
occu (r) - go on
p - quiet
y- unknown

Not particularly satisfied with 'occur' as an alternative to 'go on'. I'd think of it as 'happen', 'transpire', or some other transitory event rather than a continuing process. My interactive OED doesn't suggest 'go on' as an alternative to 'occur' either.

Thanks for the input.

Cheers.

http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/go%20on?s=t

Thank you for the back up, Cerasus!

It is probably easier to see the context in which it is used as follows :
"going on" as "occuring"
e,g. what is going on ? - what is occuring ?

I don't see Saltyolddog's problem with the clue?
He has already said that he thinks "go on" is synonymous with "happen"...
"Occur" and "happen" mean the same thing.
See Bradford's dictionary

Quite so.
Chambers also shows my example.