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Would welcome advice on finding answer to 24A: "Having branches cut back to make room for using the net 3,6. I have ..N I...R

def. is : not arranged in a straight line (having branches)

3 letters for 'cut'(reversed) around 6 letters for where i am now (using the internet)

I hope this helps

Thanks jazzgirl - got it. Any ideas for 18 across? I have P... N.. which suggest 'PINE NUT', but can't relate that to the clue.

I have PINE NUT (eaten with a salad)

consume -pine
fruitcake - nut (nutty person)

Thank you again - two to do. 19D 'Second-rate chump has to return prize' - I have t.n .o. and 28 across Drinks Australian ingested, displaying signs of overindulgence for which I have .a.n.h.a (which does not look right to me!)

Tin pot
Paunches

Thanks Zozozo - not a term one hears much these days although it was often used in my 40s/50s childhood.

Got 28 across now!

I struggled with many of the same clues mentioned in both the Everyman threads. I seem to be the only one who cannot parse 15a

15a N(ew) + EU + TR(i)AL, test ignoring I, head of Ireland