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Hit smashing leman ?hin

To answer abruptly cheers little men up sna? at

in each clue there Is a superfluous letter. It's M in the first clue and W in the second. Please cam anyone help? Thank v much lisa x

snap - pawns reversed less the w.

To answer abruptly cheers little men up sna? at

Snap at (Ta pawns without the w reversed)

I have the full conundrum, 3 answers & abbreviation - now what do I do? something to do with blacking out 30 letters?
Thank you for any offers of help.

Hi Lisa.

re: "Hit smashing leman" with a superfluous 'M'. Could this be elan ... anagram of 'le(m)an'? I realise it doesn't fit two of your given letters so I may be way off course.

JimC

I haven't quite got my head around the missing letters bit but
Hit smashing leman ?hin

Could it be Thin = Le(m)an

Sounds good to me Harrhy!
Can you help me with
21a Load a conveyance for Walter. The definition part has is RA?T (if my letters are correct!), the cryptic part has the extra letter "L"
Thanks for your help

Don't know the xword, but raft is a conveyance for water

Of course! Thanks AJT - knew it had to be raft but couldn't connect Walter - I was thinking of a person called Walter!! This is a good crossword - comes in the Independent magazine on Saturdays (a friend gave me this one). This one was a bit harder than the average spectator.

Worked out what to do as regards the "blacking out" now. Thanks everyone for help.