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Thanks xword fan. I should've checked the crosser ! Wrong ending for 5d but parsed ok with different currency.

Help please with 11/22 Heeding the call as a one time News International employee (5,7) P???E/H???I??

PHONE HACKING ?

Thank you. Rebeccah Brookes was the only employee I could think of, so I'm annoyed I couldn't see the blindingly obvious!

Hope it's correct Morgana - we don't hear much from Ms Broookes nowadays!

I'm stuck on the last one - 26a - 'Mother and daughter involved in greeting former insurrectionary leader'. (5).

Mahdi, the name of a former resurrectionary leader. Ma, mither, D, daughter and Hi, greeting.

Mahdi ?

I got that as well but my googling skills have failed to work out who that is . Mahdī, (Arabic: “guided one”) in Islamic eschatology, a messianic deliverer who will fill earth with justice and equity, restore true religion, and usher in a short golden age lasting seven, eight, or nine years before the end of the world doesn't seem to work.

Mahdi is in Chambers, a title of various insurrectionary leaders.