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THanks for that link Jono. Although the verb meaning is (still) in Chambers, I feel the tenses don't really work.

Thanks for the replies 👍

11a. What we have to protect quick fixes
NAILS

17a. Brief word about weird sister, keen birdwatcher
TWITCHER

Parses for the above please

the "quick" is the name for the flesh under the fingernail

ter(m) around witch - weird sister from the scottish play. keen birdwatchers are called twitchers

Thanks chrise... I didn't know that meaning of 'quick'.

15d. Main meal without a starter? It won't please this man
INNER

5d. They follow the game
CONSEQUENCES

7d. Plume of feathers around central shape
CRESCENT

27a. A social climber must begin by riding
UPSTART

25a. See flower losing tuft, it is visually pleasing
EYE CANDY

Parses for the above please.

5 A double defintion, consequences are what follow, and there is a game called 'Consequences' . It was very popular when I was young.

27 Upstart, a scoial climber. Riding, up _ start, begin.

25 Eye Candy, visually pleasing
Eye, see
Candyfloss, flower (part of the Dianthus family, says Google), loses the Floss, tuft.

15d (d)inner (main meal). Chambers has a definition for INNER MAN as “the stomach or appetite”

Re 25a. There’s also a plant called CANDYTUFT in Chambers, genus Iberis

Thanks, Jono, your Candytuft seems better!