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This thread is aimed at those needing a little extra help. If you're struggling (really struggling!) with a Listener clue, please post your request here.

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Cockie (from other thread), I think 19 is a verb for to silence someone in a poetic word for evening (when the sun declines, I suppose). There may be better explanations!

Thanks, loge. I'm sure that's right.

All finished but I'm unhappy about the parsing of 24a. Can someone explain please.

CS75 -letters 1, 5 and 6 = hole. letters 2,3 and 4 (reversed/in recession) = small. The answer is a two-bit.... (with the correction in the last word).

And there’s an oblique IT reference in this puzzle! Gotta wonder if the setters have read this forum and are doing it deliberately 😉

Thanks Malone. I was taking letters 2,3 and 4 reversed as meaning two-bit (which it doesn't of course).

loge - if they are they are time travellers. There's usually a queue of more months than you can shake a stick at. Over a year, I understand, at the moment.

My last one to parse is 32ac. I have the answer as only one word fits. Thanks for any help.

unclued: add the first two letters of the clue into the interior of your answer and all will become clear.

27D is the only one left for me to parse - any hints?