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Thanks Brendan, with your help I finally got the word for “home” that I needed to remove 2 runs from! Clever clue.

Doh! I'd written in three answers before I realised it was last week's puzzle. Now to look for the pdf.

easy to finish, but i can't see the parsing of 4d - any pointers?

weird anagram indicator in 1a!

Chris,
I’m with you on 1a.
4d is a replacement of three first letters for one one letter abbreviation

thanks jono

Hi ChrisE,

I’m still struggling to work out exactly what the setter had in mind with the wordplay and I think either it needs some more indicators or one part of the wordplay is doing too much heavy lifting.

The best way I can explain it is to come up with a very clunky rewrite with more obvious indicators. Does this help? “Islam surprisingly unmarried and not doing splendidly at first; Christmas, Easter, etc.”.

Aha, Jono has a much better explanation of 4d!

thanks pulmumen

i suggest transferring to the new thread i've created, as the title of this one will get longer and longer

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