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as for 20d pdms...shorten the grammar and add where some of us go! hope that helps....

Right, must have crossers for 20D wrong then, I have R?G?N?S

Nope, worked it out :)

I had a plural queen instead, which isn't even a word I think.

Now I have 6D as well. All done.

A nice solve today - helped by the fact we enjoyed 4 at book club last night and I used to work in the museum housing the Field Marshall’s car. Now time to return to the reality of a 21 15 who is 23 a 17 and hopefully won’t leave us needing to use 8s to make sure we’re not all a 11 - whilst his people are 10. (Sorry!)

Is 6D really "royals" then? I know they could be related but that's not always the case is it?

Thought this was harder than usual anyway.

no...but those in 20d are

Oops ;)

Wikipedia shows up Lord Parker in 1714, not a royal?

Hi. Despite a correct guess based on the crossers and then staring at it through two cups of coffee, the parsing of 11A totally eludes me I’m afraid. The first and last letters I get, but I can’t see how the middle three letters relate to the clue. Any succour would be much appreciated!

Hi Percy, they come from ‘a’