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lesleyd

9th November 2023, 04:49
Real problems with the bottom left-hand quadrant. If I can just unlock one of these it may help me with the others.
18a Wooden way in for Jack in North Sea or elsewhere (6,5)
?????N ?O?S?

14d Stick out for old reverse slide machine? (9)
???????O?
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unlockholmes

9th November 2023, 05:13
18a TROJAN HORSE
(anagram, signified by "elsewhere," of "North Sea or" + J for Jack.)
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malone

9th November 2023, 06:53
14 Projector? (An old slide machine, project fits' 'stick out'...)
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jono

9th November 2023, 07:23
Presumably O=old and R=reverse (not in the dictionaries, but it is on most gear sticks!)
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malone

9th November 2023, 07:38
Thanks, Jono, I could see the O, old, but would never have thought of R, reverse.
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lesleyd

9th November 2023, 08:49
Thank you Unlockholmes! I was fixated with the second word being 'coast' and hadn't spotted the anagram at all!
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lesleyd

9th November 2023, 08:53
Thank you Malone & Jono, I had serious brain ache over this - but ain't it easy when you know how!
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unlockholmes

9th November 2023, 08:53
You're welcome, I am glad to have helped.
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