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20d. Time short after worker has a fit
TANTRUM

1a. Case of painful fever?
PLAGUE

25a. HP land?
NEVER-NEVER

7a. Finest sort of shakedown
SIFT

Parses for the above please.

1 P and L are the outside letters, case, of Peaceful, Ague, fever. Plague, medical case..

25 HP, hire purchase, buying on the Never Never, and Never Never Land features in Peter Pan.

20d. T - time
RUM - a short (drink)
ANT - worker

tantrum - a fit

Thanks for the repies, all.
Here's some more...

11d. They run sleepers?
SPYMASTERS

15d. Soldiers carrying sailors
MEN-OF-WAR

8d. Extreme characters confined in Notts?
OVER-THE-TOP

2d. Address girl to obtain approval
OKAY

Parses for the above please.

11. “Sleeper” has this definition in Chambers…
An agent who spends a long time (often years) establishing himself or herself as an inoffensive citizen preparing for the moment when he or she will be required to pass on information, spy for a foreign power, etc


15. Soldiers literally and also a name for a ship “Man-o’-war” so carrying sailors

2. “O” is an address and Kay is a girl’s name, so “O Kay” is an address to a girl

Thanks jono...any takers for OVER-THE-TOP?

"Over the top" is often abbreviated as OTT, found inside nOTTs.