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Yacht, finn, boat. Y from the end of Huckleberry +Acht, eight in German ( 4 couples = 4 x 2).

Thanks Malone, if you’ve got to know types of yacht I think it’s time to give this up as a lost cause.

Hmm, the Finn has a centreboard and is therefore classed as a dinghy. Yachts have fixed keels. Collins, correctly, calls the Finn a dinghy. I suppose that might be too technical a differentiation :-) Some indication of definition by example would be good though!

25a Stud resembling star affixed to cape (8)
Begins with 'c'.

4d For these jobs the academic not always in the end cut out (6)
R?S?C?

41 US president collected papers for one from the South (8)
Coolidge? I can see 'id' for papers but not the rest.

4d RESECT. Last letters of first six words
41 is COOLIDGE. Cool = collected + ID + EG (for one) reversed. I assume it’s a down clue

25a C AS A NOVA ?

Thanks. Haven't looked at today's bank holiday Jumbo yet, hopefully it's an improvement.

Got it mostly completed but gave up when I found Danword was doing more than I was!