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17a. Succeeded breaking into Russian city oil centre
TULSA

8d. Actress with stitch in side keeled over
MAE WEST

Parses for the above please.

Oops , duplicated, sorry.

17 S, abbreviation for Succeeded, inside Tula, Russian city. Tulsa is an oil centre.

17. S (succeeded, I believe this abbr. comes from ancestry) in TULA (Russian city)

18. SEW (stitch) in TEAM (side) reversed in a down clue

Klazo, just in case... it's Thursday today.

Thanks, Klazo. Glad you're functioning well now. I was pleased to get Doc's puzzle done quickly. He's used similar stuff before, so it was all very predictable (and, I expect, all his own work).

Thanks for the replies.
Oi keep forgetting about S=succeeded, I've seen it before.
Cheers

Thanks again, Klazo. I tend to try to get through any Doc puzzle as quickly as possible - like pulling a plaster off, better to get it over and done with! I hadn't noticed the proper noun bit, and I saw that someone suggested there might be two different endings for one of the Unclued entries. Yes, Lavatch would be good, and Fieldfare (if on form) and Mr Magoo....

18a. View station after early evening
VISTA

20d. Head girl's nickname
MONIKER

Parses for the above please.

view = vista
sta- station (abbrev) after Vi (six)