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Ok puzzle, but the heather was definitely not alight. The most interesting connection for me was that, after I retired, I worked for one of the unclueds (yes, that one) for a dozen years - along with a number of other jobs.

Hello again

I have one that I think I have solved but cannot figure out how it works

27a Boy made out with most unpleasant athlete (7)

?Y?N?ST
Gymnast ? But how does it work ?

Thanks for your help.

fred

Fred108, GYM is a homophone (made out) of 'Jim', boy + most (of) NAST(y), unpleasant

Thank you Mattrom
I was not aware of jim=boy.
Will try to remember that.

Cheers

fred

Fred108, boy in crosswords can just be a shorthand for a diminutive male name. The idea being that youngsters tended to have them. So boy could be Jim, Ed, Tim, etc. it’s not specifically Jim, though of course Mattrom is right in this case