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strangelybrown

16th September 2023, 19:14
I'm building up quick a stock of answers that I think I've got but can't parse.

23a Strip art going down quickly (6)
D???s?
Divest?

20a Lady is twice affected by this kidney treatment (8)
Dialysis fits the crossing letters.

11d Supplying information during struggle to limited disastrous cut (11)
Instruction? Instructing? There's 'uct' in there (disastrous 'cut' being limited) but can't see the rest.
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jazzgirl

16th September 2023, 19:24
11d could be Instructive

IN /STR/ UCT/ IVE
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malone

16th September 2023, 19:25
20 Lady is is ('is twice') anagrammed, affected.
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will37

16th September 2023, 19:26
20a is an anag of lady + is twice so, yes, dialysis.
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will37

16th September 2023, 19:29
24a is old 2nd person singular verb, as in divest thee?
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will37

16th September 2023, 19:30
Sorry, 23a not 24.
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bear of lb

16th September 2023, 20:12
Well, I've struggled to complete 16 answers (sadly including DIALYSIS) & I have approx 4/5 theories as to further answers.

Overall, this isn't filling me with "deep-down joyloder".

I may well be back here tomorrow.
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malone

16th September 2023, 20:27
Bear..., I trudged my way through this puzzle - not a barrel of laughs!
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strangelybrown

16th September 2023, 21:01
Agreed.
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strangelybrown

17th September 2023, 12:27
2d Keen on running water, if about substitutes for hard drink (11).
'Screwdriver' fits. There's river for running water, but I can't see how anything else fits.

24a Losing out, wants to see every other pair going native in US? (6)
?i?u?n
I suspect this is a word I've never heard of.

Still don’t understand:
23a Strip art going down quickly (6)
Divest?
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