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18 Down - Jolly tea in carriage seat (8)

The answer is ARMCHAIR, but I can't see how it works. Seat is presumably the definition, tea is preumsbaly CHA or CHAI but I can't for the life of me see what jolly or carriage have to do with it. Please enlighten me!

Jolly is RM (Royal Marines)

…and carriage is AIR in the sense of ‘deportment’

Ah - and AIR for carriage?

Thanks - somehow I've never heard of Jolly = RM before...

17a Young son given walk in the shade (5). The answer looks like small, but I can't parse it?

Hi Bassett,

Yes, "small" is correct - "mall" is what "a (level) shaded walk" used to be called in London (Chambers)

Thanks, Brendan. I hadn't come across that meaning of "mall".