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Cheers Brendan.
ATS....never knew that. My mind's full of useless info doing crosswords LOL.

Thanks Whetstone, I know what you mean:-)

4a. Claimant's ugly pet
PLAINTIFF

11a. Where sleeper may find overnight accommodation
EARLOBE

21d. Squeaky clean?
UNOILED

Parses for the above please.

Three very poor clues!
ugly - PLAIN
tiff - PET as in strop?
sleepers are rings that iditots keep in their ears instead of earrings
if it's oiled, it won't squeak
dreadful!

actuaally my parse gives oiled rather than unoiled

Thanks.
Maybe UNOILED is a reference to OILED meaning drunk, so if you're UNOILED it means you're sober, ie "clean". Just guesswork.

18a. Comes into the house?
INHERITS

8a. Explosive young reporter confronting a queen
HECUBA

20d. Revolutionary regions needing the installation of a governor
SATRAP

22d. Drink and dope upset you and me
NEGUS

15d. Refuse to go into a filthy place?
PIGSWILL

Parses for the above please.

8 HE, high explosive, Cub, young reporter +, confronting A, a.
Hecuba, queen.

23 Neg = Gen, dope,informatiuon. Upsetting - reverse/upwards+Us, you and me.

20 Parts, regions, +A, needing the installation of a. Revolutionary -reverse the regions, with the 'a' inside. S a trap. Governor.

15 D. The whole clue is the definition, with Refuse being a noun, not a verb. The rubbish, pigswill, would go in a sty, filthy place.