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Thanks Rocky and Rogissimo!

FOI, in fact, geeker, but yes!

Of course FOI. Sorry, my error caused by posting pre-coffee.

This is I think only the second time ever put anything here, though I’m constantly grateful for the various hints. I still can’t crack 8a despite all the chat on it, got everything else and confident on them. Can anyone help beyond the 1,7 hint? Thanks…

mmm ... both the clue and the answer can be read as 1,7, though "pattering" is a bit loose in the clue part

That’s done it! Thanks…

I got nothing on first pass which had me worried but it all flowed quite nicely when I got going. Just 4d left which I'm not seeing at all - can I have a gentle hint for what I'm looking for? It clearly didn't stump anyone else

Thanks!

Thanks Rocky! I’ve been out most of the day, so just getting back to it now…

As jono mentioned upthread, the device in 8 is occasionally used by other setters. But I've almost always seen it with some kind of punctuation (e.g. ellipsis) after the first letter.

havermonkey
nicely hidden definition in 4d. don't read too far into the clue...