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Simond9x, glad you're sorted.

Barretter, I didn't thank you for your thank you - I knew it wasn't for me!

Just been reading this thread. The reference to “bobs” in 68ac isn’t to haircuts, I think. At the school in question, if you play cricket in he summer term, you are a “dry bob”, and if you go in for rowing, you are a “wet bob”. These expressions are in Chambers under their respective first words.

Just been reading this thread. The reference to “bobs” in 68ac isn’t to haircuts, I think. At the school in question, if you play cricket in he summer term, you are a “dry bob”, and if you go in for rowing, you are a “wet bob”. These expressions are in Chambers under their respective first words.

Sorry for the duplicate post. The software suggested that I had not ticked the “I’m not a robot box”, when I had.

Thanks, Wintonian. My 'haircuts' thing was just a guess, I was trying to come up with something - never as crucial when the solver already has the answer. It's good, though, to have the correct information added.

Hi, I've got the answer to 16ac not sure about the parsing.

Ray, I think the Rebus is the fictional detective, a Detective Inspector... so 'his consternation' would be... ?

Oh I see... thanks Malone..

RayH, that was just a guess, it could well be wrong!

Almost all done now, with a bit of help from previous replies and my good friend google.

The only one I can't see the parsing of is 3d, where I don't see where the first three letters come from - as a semi-parse, I see one whole fish rather than two halves, which might be the same mathematically, but probably isn't in crosswordland.

Can anyone give me a pointer? I wouldn't want my cat going hungry!