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24a. Old man is an old friend (7) **I***O PRIVADO ?
18d. Destroy old male removed from brood (7) R*I***E
27a. One pruned spring flower (4) *R*S IRIS ?

Pa is an o
Ru(m)inate
I ris(e)

Many thanks. Paisano new to me. Take care.

You're welcome :-)

Hi the_bard and shipwreck

Destroy old male removed from brood (7)

I agree that RUINATE is the solution, but why 'old'?
If it's because RUINATE is an archaic word for destroy, I think that's clumsy.

I was expecting 'om' to be removed from the synonym of brood. I hope the setter doesn't think it's 'rouminate'!