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For the first time for some weeks this has held me up for rather longer than I wished, though admittedly the protracted coverage of the Tour de France hasn't assisted.


Thanks to those who enquired earlier - I never would have thought of 27D without assistance. I'm still baffled by 49D as the despairing poet was, I thought, A H Clough, not as it turned out to be. However I'm sure someone will tell me why I'm wrong.

I'm still stuck on a few & would welcome assistance with :
30A - Judge savaged scoundrel after artillery backed ordinary soldiers (10)
?????R?T??
&
24D - Historic city reduced in particular view of the past (10)
?E?????E?T

Thanks in advance...…….

30 Arbitrator, judge. Ar = AR, Royal Artillery reversed ('back) Bit, savaged +Rat, scoundrel +OR, ordinary solders, other ranks.

24 Tro(y) in Respect

re Tro(y) spect ?

49 Blake was the poet - move the 'e', the last letter of 'verse' forward (moving end of verse to earlier position) to give Bleak, despairing.

Malone, Mamya & Rusty

Thanks very much. Your invaluable assistance has enabled me to polish off the others as well.

Thanks again.

Glad we helped. There were several tricky patches in today's puzzle!