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Help with 21 would be appreciated. I have ..i.o .b.. and realise that one of those letters may be wrong. Clue is Dictator's goal, essentially: police force is something essential in life". Tips very welcome. johnpuzzle

Your B is wrong.

The dictator is famous, notorious
Goal essentially = two letters
Police force - a usual abbreviation.

Something essential in life is the definition.

Thanks Malone - got 21A now. I would welcome some tips for 8D "Relatives died after being taken in by aerobics commercials" (8). I have S.E.D.D.

Can't get near it.

John

The 'relatives' is a fairly modern, colloquial word - less formal than the usual terminology. There's the usual 'died' and the usual 'commercials' after a four-letter word that's a term for an aerobics exercise/class.