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Hi all,
You are all a lot cleverer than I am . . . since my mum died, at nearly 97, I am flailing around rather . . .

Can someone give me:
11d The right way is for everyone to be premier (9)
L - O - - - A - H

9d I found a partner to adopt computer business, and took off (8)
B - I - - - E -

20 d Union's a joke mounting case with no right
N - P - I - S

Ta, muchly !

9 Imitated, took off. I Mated, I found a partner, with IT, computer business, inside.

You may have some answers wrong. I'm fairly sure that the last letter of 20 isn't S!

DD, 20 D is Nuptial, union. Nup = Pun, joke, upwards/mounting and T(r)ial, case with no right.

DD. 11 Taoiseach, premier (in Ireland). Tao, the right way, philosophy stiff, Is, in clue and Each, everyone.

PS I have to check the spelling of that word every single time it appears in crosswords!

@Tango and Malone
I agree with your comments regarding the unnecessary rude remarks posted by 'cowbit' (not the first time he has made such remarks ; a similar insult was made towards Brendan (one of our excellent solvers) on his weekly Everyman posts.

Thanks, Cerasus. I thought I recognised the unwarranted crankiness!

Very helpful, and you are right, and I am ( partly ) wrong . . .

What is 8 ac then
Stupid to accept degree in dialect (9)
I - I - - - T - C
Idiomatic ?

and is 10d magics ?
( Endless spiritual ceremony and charms )

No doubt the word exists, but it sounds 'orrible !

Ta, again !

8. Yes, Idiomatic, in dialect.
Idiotic = stupid, with MA, degree inside (to accept)

Dandhh, you missed out a bit of 10 D. 'Endless spiritual ceremony, involving smoke rising and charms'. Magics = Charms.

Mas(s) endless spiritual ceremony with
Gic inside, Gic = Cig, a smoke, rising, upwards.