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Hi Roof I took it as a syn of advert ….:as in “bill board “ ??

Roof,

18d - Begins with/"at the start" 5 letter "admit" + 1 letter "love" then 1 letter "reaction ultimately".

Many thanks Brendan

They are quite obscure aren't they?
I still don't get all of 20ac or 16d (Ooops just got bankers in autumn) and for 22d i've just had a PDM

My FOI was 15ac - what a lot of nice anagrams to get me started.
MyLOI will be 6d if anyone can explain the parsing to me
My COD is 9ac and just possibly 27ac

Roof, 6 is a backwards clue, parses as reversed [3,1,1], definition "the worst bit"

Thanks Roof,

6d - starting at the bottom an reading upwards - 3 letter "cleanse" + A from the clue and 1 letter "newborn's bottom"

Mixed feelings about this week’s prize from Tramp. A number of clues including 27a were obvious but not easy to parse. Finished with help from the forum but no feeling of satisfaction I’m afraid .

Thank you Geeker and Brendan for explaining 6d to me

22D - I cannot parse it to derive the only possible solution. I've seen an explanation elsewhere her about 'query oddly' as 'stocking' it but what about 'missing'?

Explanation appreciated, or I'll wait for 225.

Didn't like this one much at all but laboured through it in a few sessions.

Hi Jen,

22d - the 2 letter "query oddly" contains or "stocks" the 3 letter acronym for "protective equipment" (think Baroness Mone!!)

Hi brendan,

Thank you! Now I see it. Pretty devious and maybe I'll revise my opinion of Tramp.