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14 Across, 196 enter shambolically , following Scottish drunk about to get into touring party (8,7)

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14 Wikipedia shows 196 as fourteen squared

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/196_(number)

14a fou = scots drunk + enter (anag)

+ re (about) in squad (touring party)

Trying to parse fourteen squared:

shambolically enter - rteen
scottish drunk - fou ?!
about - re
touring party - squad ?

Thanks Stevie Gee. I did not know the Scottish fou but google confirms.

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