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I'm still no wiser about the parsing of 3d. How does
"hosts" relate to the first word if the solution?

hosts, multitudes, ....

But what does either of those words have to do with the sea?

"seas", "oceans"=lots of. "A sea of shining faces"

from Chambers thesaurus:

2 a sea of faces

large number, multitude, abundance, profusion, host, mass, expanse

Thanks buddy. Should have known the dreaded C would cover it. A stretch and a half for me I'm afraid.

A few tricky ones this week, but I eventually got all except 7D. I've got N_M_R_L and I can't parse the clue at all. Any hints?

Hi Lexo,

7d - I love this clue - it's a subtractive anagram with the the definition "perhaps one" ... or two or three ...... :-) Your letters are all correct.

Ah - clever. Thanks!

Definitely not in the same league as Saturday's, which is why the late post - hard to find appetite for a cheese sandwich after a banquet!
I found a few challenges: I didn't see the parsing of 3d at all, and the fact that the first 4 letters give a homophone for another synonym for 'catch' left me thinking there could be another solution for ages (perhaps a pointer to an elegant clue!)

Have a good week all, see you next weekend (or the days after!)