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Hi all - I'm having a thickness day. Answer please for this clue:
Brave, keeping one settled and at ease. 10 letters - 4th one is 'I'. Many thanks.

FACILITATE

Thanks so much!! How do you arrive at that?

Brave - face
one settled - i lit (landed/settled) + at

fac i lit at e

Oh of course!! Clever you! Thanks again.

Fine, but isn't there supposed to be a word in the clue that actually *means* FACILITATE? I can't see one.

I think I've finished it BUT I'm having trouble parsing a few...

Count simply excluding me = I've got ROLL, is that right? Apart from meaning "count" how should I have got there?

Yes, "ease".

re 24a: the answer is "rely" = count (def)
merely - simply
minus "me"