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Help appreciated. 1d Note carol's nice new kitchen equipment (11, two words) ?A?O??L??E? and 43a Deals covering daily business periodicals (11, two words) ?????????e??

1d BACON SLICER
B, note + anagram of 'Carol's nice'

43a Trade papers - trades (deals) around paper (daily)

Thanks will37 and mattrom. I found this one hard going!

I’ve got the lot apart from 41a - The cat’s whiskers (5). _E_AE?

I think it’s a word meaning ‘bristles’, but seems a pretty lame clue if so.

I think it's just playing on/playing with the phrase 'The cat's whiskers' which has a different meaning, the best of its kind , whereas it's the literal meaning that's needed. It's not great!

If Quiz is right and 41a is bristly, the most likely start of 37d is R, agree?
Welcome Malone - What on earth is the answer to 17d? I have ?IR?S?LO?S? Perhaps this is to do with IVR which I know nothing about.

I was thinking that the first letter of 37d is H.

All of the unclued (except 32d) can be found in Chambers under the entry for 21d.

Farr, 17 D is two words - part of a phrase, you daft so-and-so.

The IVR leads to a very short answer, seeing as it's just the registration mark for vehicles.