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I have answers for my last 2 but would welcome parsing enlightenment.

2D - Painter with some work to do (11) ???R?O?A?E. IMPERSONATE?
9A - A sad breakdown publicised (6) ?P?E?D. SPREAD - if the P is correct.

2d Anagram - painter + some

Hi Myla

I thought SPREAD for 9a too but wasn`t sure ... I think it might be UPSEND meaning `cast`. The end of ups could be a sad breakdown?

Hi Myla,

the best I can come up with is either "breakdown" = SP (as in "what happened/break it down for me/what's the SP?" and "publicised" is READ or "breakdown" = PARSED and "a sad" indicates an anagram, but that would be a ghost anagram which I think is a bit of a no-no, also "breakdown" is present tense and "parsed" is past - hopefully someone can come up with a better solution.

Chambers gives per as meaning a
So sad and per gives spread

Well done Ian!

Nice one Ian, it's amazing how even the most nonsensical parse can make seem to make sense if you stare long enough!

yes it was my last one and took a while to work out

Ian
You may like to have a go at the Forum `clueing` competitions, Clueless and Peer Review - they`re a lot of fun!

how do you do that