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So Irvine means Scottish. I never would have guessed. Thanks!

Irvine is a town in Scotland, so any Scottish town would have done - probably better (from an overseas perspective anyway) to have picked one that's not also in California.

Help parsing 2, 6 and 8d please?
You can get VD from base jumping??! Hopefully I have misunderstood 2d...

2.Jumping being the anagram indicator...

6 Perd(u) = lost
8 Metes = bounds

Hi Lewap,

8d - word meaning "bounds" with the last letter/"lowest character" moved to the front/"leading" - definition is a "traditional" word for "beat".

6d - 5 letter word meaning "lost to view" (think of French for 'lost') minus its last letter and reversed "abruptly turning"

lewap - you can get your dose of VD from "it"

Thanks all - although I realised I meant 8 across, not down!

Please ignore previous! All done.

Can anyone help parse 39a - I'm still none the wiser