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Thanks mathi , just seen your help. Got distracted. Now finished. COD is 12a, agree with others on that. We should mention (as Brendan would) a couple of long anagrams, the 'primarily, and a homophone.

Perhaps of interest, but this is the same grid as Everyman 3,890 on 2nd May, where the same alliterative set of three clues were used in the same positions, that time using ‘G’.

SW held me up. 20a had me doubting 4d - final v. Tx Mathi. Cannot finish. Cannot get my head round 16a. I have *r* l*s*o*
If someone could give a hint that avoids a spoiler I would be grateful

Fop, your crossers are correct. The wordplay is 2 letters from stripped off bare + 1 letter for model (an old chestnut) + a two word phrase for clothes removed. Definition is &Lit

Tx Jono. That explains it.

Tx Jono. That explains it.

I´m stumped on three

13D
Ascendant Tudor essentially Queen Elizabeth led - how she might be desribed? (3-6) and I have R?D ?E???D

23A
Emphasise superiority to partner withholding gold diamonds and charm (4,2,4) and I have ?o?? ?T ?V??

17D
Who makes us care - left and right - about espionage ultimately? (2,5)
I have L? C???E

Hints please

hywel
13d Think physical features
23a A two letter word for gold, an abbreviation for diamonds and a two letter word for charm inside a five letter word for partner
17d An anagram signified by 'about' followed by the last letter of the clue's penultimate word.

Hi son1ofrover1

OK, got them

Thanks very much

Finished, but can't see how 15A works. (I assume the definition is "those upstairs".)