17a I know the adjective relating to honey so was able to solve.
I also know the Spice girl but there was no definition in the clue.
Am I missing something?
Mel is a very pure form of honey, so I took this as the definition. I thought the ‘say’ served a double purpose - Bee sounds like B, and Mel B rather than, say Mel C.
I have just 25d left. Hot water off the south coast, after temperature rises by 4 degrees? ?T?L?N. Could the T be wrong since I have some doubts about "short clue" in 27ac?