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6 across This strains at first to be in different forms (5) T***S

7 down Sum of money crew's raised last (3) **A

The third letter of 6 across is the first of 7 down

7, "Crew" is "man".
Raise the last letter.
"Mna" , alternate spelling of "mina", a Greek sum of money.

7d MNA (Greek = 100 drachmas)

CREW = MAN (Raised last letter up one in down clue = NMA - I think!)

Sorry, the last A should be raised up one, giving MNA as I initially put.

6, "Tamis" is a strainer, but I can't see the parse?

Nice one, Rusty! I'd got nowhere with that.
Oh, and you too, Brendan.

Thank you, kindly, Malone!
These are tough!

Rusty, my post was about Mna. Your Tamis looks good - I, of course, can't parse it!

Thanks Malone,

I have to admit I'm clueless about the other one. I've even gone back and looked at TM 20,227 to try and get a feel for the wordplay employed, but I've come up empty:-(

You're welcome, Brendan. I like Rusty's Tamis. All I can see is that 'am' and 'tis' can both mean 'to be', in the clue.