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4d. As before with Hazel make a cake
DONUT

14d. Vegetable favoured in French tavern
AUBERGINE

27a. Unproductive without hat - reason?
INFER

6d. A gypsy gentleman speaking out of order
AWRY

Parses for the above please.

14. AUBERGE (French tavern) and IN (favoured)

6. I had to look this up in Chambers…

rye /rī/
noun
A gypsy word for gentleman

do is sometimes used asshort for ditto - as before. nut is the hazel

ugh - it should be doughnut!

27 Unfertile, unproductive, without hat - remove the Tile, word for hat. Infer, reason.

... sorry, Infertile, of course - just a typo.

27 Infer(tile)

Sorry, Malone, I did not see your post!

Thanks, Rusty - it's fine, that happens to us all!