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I found it a struggle and still haven't parsed some I am sure of. I have no inspiration about the welcoming drink. Any hints? Thanks. Also 1A. I have ?I?D????

Welcoming drink is a double definition. The drink is usually diluted.

There's no 1A.

8a the dish might be a hot one. The wine is a foreign name for it.

Hello - newbie here! Always find Paul tricky so delighted when I finish, as I did today albeit with lots of checking on Google! But I can't parse 20A. No one else has mentioned it so am I being obtuse?

Ah, have just got it! Very droll

welcome and congrats weeviv
20, as well as a battle, was a eurovision-winning song by a group from 7d
apologies for lower case - cat on lap!

Meant 8A

if anyone's still on the thread, I can't see the meditation in 25a accounting for the first 2 letters, and can't fully parse 6 down - apart from 'agar' - any help?

Meditation finally - N, then A ???? with the firts letter deleted
I have exactly the same problem with 6d!