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common abbreviation for time, then wife without a Hospital

I got 5 from 6, after I twigged the theme. I would never have solved 5 from the clue. I cannot see the parsing for the life of me.

It's a subtractive anagram

Can meaning remove or bin

Thanks ChrisE. I had got the wrong answer. Makes sense now.

Hi everyone

Started late as usual. It was too nice a day here not to do some gardening, but very chilly in the wind!

Found it surprisingly easy to start with. FOI was 1d, then 19ac and got the theme. But I'm stuck on 14ac and can't find the word for 24 ac. Hints for both would be helpful. I'm assuming 24c is an obscure medical term for not being pregnant. I'm guessing 19d is one to bring a smile.

Hi Roof,

14a - 2 letter "airline" + 5 letter "perks" - definition is "our relatives"

24a - 4 letter "invalid" + single letter "India" + 4 letter "soldier" - you're right about the definition, it's a medical term meaning "she was never expecting"

Tx Chrise. The anagrams were all well hidden. Superb puzzle.

Thanks Brendan

Nice to see you on the thread

I did get these and wrote another message about 22d (which I've now got) and 27d, which I haven't got, but the message hasn't appeared.

Assuming I have the right answer for 26ac, which I can't fully parse then 27d should be R?R?, for which I can only find one word and can't see why it should be right. So a hint for 27d would be helpful.

26a parses as 2,3. The 2nd and 5th letter are the same, but not D.