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Hi CoffinDodger,

16d - Single letter "round" + 3 letter "US prison" then 5 letter "spy" minus its last letter/"finally escaping" - definition is "without walls"

Thanks Brendan.

Hi! Bit of a toughie today but fun. I'm having real trouble with 21 A...... Just don't understand the clue? Please enlighten me. I thought 27A excellent.
Thanks in advance for assistance.

I was looking forward to Everyman after yesterday’s (not)Prize. FOI was 10a, fav so far 26a, but am stuck on a few…. Would be grateful for a hint on 21a or 18d - I feel they should be simple and I’m missing something. Also 7d - I have an answer but I thought it was going to be an anagram and my possible isn’t so I fear I’ve done something wrong….. quite enjoying coming back to it every time it rains (which is quite a lot!).

Happy Sundays all

@zenithmelodron - glad I’m not the only one!!

Hi Zenithmelodron, hi Noeyedeer,

21a - Look at the letters in "Eric Clapton" and compare them to the letters in "narcoleptic" - they are ???????? of each other.

18d - Is an anagram - definition is "Sturgeon perhaps" (don't be fooled by the capital letter:-)

7d - 3 letter "fresh" + 5 letter "evasion" + 5 letter "audacity" - definition is something that's "rich at the table".

Thanks Brendan!! I was right on 7d - I just got fixated on it being an anagram! Cross about 21a, it came up a few weeks ago from memory and I didn’t catch it then either….. oh well.

All done - many thanks for the help on here which enabled me to finish. Enjoyed it. Fav clue still 26a. Until next week - ooh we might get a bank hol special!

Thanks Noeyedeer, see you next week and, as you say, maybe a Bank Holiday bumper puzzle😜