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When I looked in yesterday evening there was a puerile rant against all here from someone called 'marky'. It has now disappeared. Did someone complain?

I saw it too. In fact my response to you was part prompted by what I perceived was the need to treat it with indifference and put on another comment as if it didn't exist. Not like me, you may say ! But after I posted my comment I saw that it wasn't there anymore. I don't know whether anyone complained, or whether it was a case of Norah enforcing the 'conduct on the forum' guidelines. If the latter, good for her...

Like simond9x at #68, I too can't parse 15d. Does the letter go at the front of 'itches'?

And thus is the unchecked letter 'a'?

Thanks!

Hi Orientfan, my understanding of this clue is that one who ditches might be called a 'discarder'. Discarder ditching dis gives carder. So 'ditches' is used twice in the wordplay.

Hi all. I always start rather later than most on these Listeners I think. However I am quite enjoying this one. Have nearly finished and have the quotation but I am stumped on 1D. I have trawled through previous posts and no one seems to have remarked on it as far as I can see. Maybe my crossing entries are wrong. I have MAT- .
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Meursault, it was the double usage that foxed me.

Hi Goshawk, 'Were wed' is the definition, in a biological sense rather than a religious one. 'Mad' around TurtlE's shell.

In 15d, if express means to emit or similar, and you take scorn as a verb, then ditches doesn't have to do double duty.

Yes, I'm happy with that, Gem94.

Mersault many thanks re 1D. For some reason I just forgot about needing to add the d to the clue! Got it now. All now complete.