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26 ac: Quietly getting shot of horse in one (in some way)? (5,6) The answer is photo finish. I would be grateful for a full parsing. Thanks in advance. Roger

(P + shot of + h + in + i)*
P (quietly), h (horse) & one (i)
Anagrind: in some way
An &lit clue.

P -quietly (in music)
SHOT OF -anagram (in some way)
H -horse
IN
I -one

Clue appears tonbe an &Lit (literally) the definition

Chambers has 17 as two words, but it is not indicated as such in the puzzle.

These are a few creases that need ironing out:-
1 Down - "Save our NHS", say hospital nurses to Chronicle" (6) S-O-A-
I can only think of "slogan".
22 Down - "Part of snooker's scoring system given a makeover?" (6)
-E-O-E
Also, parsing needed for 21 Down, the clue for which is "The state in which old police chief's bearing left one" . The answer appears to be LIBERIA.

1. San is the hospital, Log is the chronicle, 'nurses' = put it inside. S log an.

22 Redone, given a makeover, and Red One is the score for potting a red.

Many thanks, Malone! As a snooker player myself I should have seen the snooker one. Just need to clear up the "Liberia" answer now.

21d, as it's a down clue bearing positions (Lavrentiy) Beria (head of the former Soviet NKVD) under Li (Left one).

Thanks, Ginge - I've never heard of him, but that's the one! Now for a couple of queries on the Jumbo.

23 ac - Building extensions taken to extend much more than an inch? I have e-l- and am guessing the answer is ells but can't parse it?