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28a "Turbulent, indeed, and corrupt place" (6)

?E?S?Y Looks like YEASTY for turbulent and from YEA = indeed and STY = corrupt place, but not sure.

Any help much appreciated

Gooner, that's how I saw it.

Thanks malone; I wasn't sure about yeasty for turbulent.

17D - Press bags request from this writer? Dig that! (4, 4).
IRON MINE but how does it parse?

This is a bit convoluted...

Prees = IRON

then.. "Bags request" I think is "baggsy it's mine" (remember school playground.. "this writer" is the setter so he/she is the the one shouting "bags" - I think that's it.

...sorry, the one doing the "bags" would shout "mine" (as it the setter)

Sorry, this is hard to explain if you don't remember the "baggsy it's mine" kids at school - of which I can honestly say I was not one!

Hi Brendan. I did consider that but thought it was a bit lame. Cheers anyway.

iron mine = please press my trousers (bags)

Thanks Crovig, that makes much more sense than my garbled and convoluted response.

Hi brendan,

The Chambers Dictionary gives “bags”, alternatively “bags I”, with the definition “I lay claim to”, which I think is equivalent to a shout of “mine”.

I certainly remember “baggsy” from school, which was obviously not as posh as places that used “bags I” (or should that be read as “bags one”?).