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bear of lb

13th August 2023, 07:53
Thanks to Quisling & Buddy for the answer to my plea.

I'll see if this stirs my flagging brain cell.
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strangelybrown

13th August 2023, 09:58
Tough this week.

18a Bottle that's drunk on either side of Philadelphia (5)
Phial?

23d Old-fashioned way to contradict him upset 19th century president (8)
Harrison fits the two crossing letters I've got but can't see why apart from being a 19th century president.

16a Close-fisted, half-hearted boxing, in practice (7)
Sparing, but why the last two words in the clue, they don't seem needed.
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jono

13th August 2023, 10:04
I thought 18a was rather clever as you can make the anagram using either the first 5 or the last 5 letters of Phila de lphia.

I’ve not got to the other two.
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jono

13th August 2023, 10:11
Harrison is correct, it’s a reversal read from the bottom. ‘Sirrah’ being somewhat Shakespearean
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strangelybrown

13th August 2023, 10:53
Thank you.
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themadwomanintheattic

13th August 2023, 11:24
We’d puzzled over PHIAL and HARRISON too, so thanks for the explanations.

Please can anyone explain 50d?

Proceeded with caution and replaced one’s diamonds (5)

The answer looks like NOSED, but I can’t fully see why.

Also, is it just me, or does anyone else think 48a contains a mistake? The clue reads:

Cook’s odd selections from statuettes (5).

The answer is SAUTÉ, being the odd-numbered letters of STATUETTES. In which case, isn’t the ‘s in COOK’S redundant? The clue would make much more sense without it.
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jazzgirl

13th August 2023, 11:34
50d nosed means (of a car) moved cautiously forward.
anag (replaced )ones d
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themadwomanintheattic

13th August 2023, 11:42
Thanks jazzgirl.
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strangelybrown

13th August 2023, 20:39
Agree with you MadWoman about 48a. I wonder if there's also something wrong with 37a:

A free source of news and entertainment, so-called (6)

I think the answer is 'Auntie', as in the BBC - except that it isn't free, you pay for it through the licence fee.
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malone

13th August 2023, 20:40
A untie = A free?
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