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A couple from this week’s Spectator, if I may.

Analog ____could be “slo-mo”, managed badly? (6) ??D?M?

Gold cloth piece is not silver - this might be either (5) ??R??

Thank you.

The first one is a 'subtractive anagram' - one of those where you remove a word from a longer phrase.'Badly' indicates an anagram. The answer is a very familiar piece (well, plural) of computer equipment..

Ah thanks, that was on my list of possibilities.

Glad that helped, Gawdelpus.
I got my answer to 17 A from the crossers. It's a fancy cloth, begins with one of the usual words for 'gold' and ... that's all I did!

“cloth piece is” = R(Ag) IS (take away silver)

Thanks for that, Jono - very useful for some (I am often just happy to have the correct answer!)

Thanks for your help, I’ve now cracked the unclueds too. :)

Great, Gawdelpus!

Can I check a couple of the small words which are always a pain ha

Judge this bar's class of spirits (3) ?NN Is it just INN?

Remark further problem with concentration (3) AD? ADO?

Add, remark further - and ADD is Attention Deficit Disorder, problem with concentration.