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Some pretty devious cluing this week and there are still a couple I can't quite parse, namely 1a, where I got the answer from the definition and the crossers and 3d, where I can't see what part the word "charge" plays.

I've double checked on Chambers and it appears that the anwser I've got for 3d can indeed be a "charge" or a 'fare'.

....also, I've got an answer for 6d which I'm pretty sure is correct but I just can't work out either the parsing or what the definition is!

I've looked again at 3d and, although there are only a few words that fit the letter pattern I've got, there appears to be 2 of them that could be the answer - one is a 'charge' you might pay on a ship (which is what I've put) and the other is a 'charge' in regards mail.... Actually I might change my answer to the second option!

I still have a few more finish. I think 3a comes from thorough’fare’ or change. Not sure. I am yet to crack 1a fully.

I meant 3d.

Vacancy could be post in 3a. I think only this can fit. Other possibility for opening is pass, which I meant earlier.

I agree Mathi, I originally went for the 'pass + time' option but have now changed it for the 'vacancy/opening + time' option.

The thing is Mathi with regards 3d, is that I've checked Chambes and the Free Online dictionary and both have "charge" (as in a fare on a ship) as a meaning for the first answer I put, the 'pass' + time option, so I think a case could be made for both answers being accepted as correct.

I think I got all of them, if I can interpret relations as sex in 20d! Chambers thesaurus says it can be intimate relations! It was all a sweat!