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Drxx @ 6 - I don't think the setter was being ambivalent about the fighter being a T-, instead they meant that the Isis fighter was one of a number of possible examples of a T-, didn't they?

Could be, hounds (my wokedar is particularly sensitive}.

I've tracked down the previous appearance of "that is". It was more recent than I thought, appearing in 4757, the very clever carte blanche from Dolos where all the alphabetically listed clues were, we discovered, already in normal grid order.

Actually, 4757 wasn't a carte blanche. It was fully barred but unnumbered.

will37 - can you explain the wp of indeed in 5a pls - it has me stumped.

Hi Andy,

I hope Will doesn't mind me stepping in here but I was quite pleased with myself for actually figuring it out -

if you look up the abbr. you'll see one definition is a 3 letter adverb then, if you look up the definition of that, you'll see it is, indeed, indeed:-)

Yes, the BRB makes it rather deliciously convoluted. I remember a previous trip round very similar territory with Pabulum in The Spectator but this is the first time I've come across it here.

thanks brendan, will37 - fatal error of not scrolling to the end of the entry on the app!

Loving this problem.. Could someone help with the parse for 4ac (most hold off...) please?

Hi Triceratops,

4a - 5 letter "hold off" minus its last letter/'most' inside 8 letter "modifying" - the answer (to me at least) looks like it would have absolutely nothing to do with "pessimism" but Chambers says ...