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13a Quack from duck with spot of cramp in leg (6) ?????S

21a Dividing up support is a start for staff rota (5) T??SE


also 9d Earth allowed mole out (6) wordplay suggests E LICIT but defintion?

13a CROCUS: (C(ramp)+O in CRUS) -- see CROCUS in Chambers.
21a TEASE: (A + S(tart)) in TEE. Definition is ROT, so A is surplus.

Many thanks Throck

21 The definition is the last word, there's an extra letter.

13. Quack - doctor.

I mean (S)taff, of course.

9d - have a look at the definition of 'mole out' in Chambers.

Have checked out mole out and crocus ..thank you for those explanations

Stuck on a couple:
3d Going off Holst, so left out bits of Planets (6) S?O?TS .... shoots? defn bits of planes? or am i completely offtrack?!

43a It's brief but brilliant introduction overheard near 100 Aker Wood?
(6) ?ETE?R

39d It could come down to a race at sea (4) ?CRE .. looks like ACRE ... but where's the defn?

My extra letters o far don't make any sense ... i have ..A A L A R T H M T
are some of them wrong?

3 Planets should be Plants, so....
43. Meteor, sounds like Meet Eeyore.

43a meteor ...mete sounds like meet ...?? but
OR where does that fit in?