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butterfly: Nope, never. Have given up clicking the box

Good morning.
Unable to even start the RT this week as I am still awaiting delivery of the magazine. Should have been delivered yesterday. Not the first time this has happened. Does anybody else have the same problem?
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Good morning Nimrod,

I hope you're beginning to feel stronger. I collect my Radio Times. Not only does that give me a headstart but it doesn't give my postman the opportunity to mangle another piece of my mail... To save himself trouble, he stuffs it in double. A repressed poet you'll notice. And I've never received a newsletter either.

Kind regards,

Caravaggio

Caravaggio

Sorry - it looks as though I've got hiccoughs...

Caravaggio, it is a slow road to recovery - still not too steady on my feet, so collecting RT is not an option at the moment. But it did finally arrive in post!
Quite a hard one this week. 18A was annoying for the reasons stated in earlier comments. 24A (dun)was something that I was not aware of; as indeed was the "instrument" in 11A. So I did learn several things from this particular crossword.
Particularly liked 8A, 20A & 22A!!

I am stuck on 22a 'orally handle trees',[4] Y---
any clues please!

Answer is type of tree (plural - there's one in my garden!) - sounds like a word meaning to handle something.

Thank you Crypto for confirming that, thought it may be the answer, but was not sure!
One more to go!

The last clue I am stuck on is 19a
work round width of fabric [5]
-w-l-
Is it twill?

Yes