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neville17

21st July 2024, 09:01
I think I must still have 19d wrong despite all your hints, as my 22a is N-I-T???? Cannot see anything "golden" about that!
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neville17

21st July 2024, 09:09
Oops, got it now
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fernie

21st July 2024, 10:28
Can't resist it. Yevrah's noisy 3am air traffic, probably caused by a 'cloudstrike'
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druh6sm

21st July 2024, 12:22
I am completely lost with the bottom half, as well as 13 down.

Could I ask for some guidance on 17a please?
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ianj

21st July 2024, 12:37
Hello druh6sm,

17a: "fantastic" is an anagram indicator, and last 4 words are the definition.

Hope that helps.
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davel

21st July 2024, 12:37
Hi druh.
Fantastic indicates an anagram.
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simonh

21st July 2024, 12:38
It is an anagram
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druh6sm

21st July 2024, 12:40
Thank you
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fernie

21st July 2024, 15:26
Finally complete. I found some extraneous words off putting, eg 1st word in 7 and the first 2 words in 27. Maybe that's the point.

Haven't really parsed 15d, maybe because I'm not used to some of the regular abbreviations.

Thanks for help on here, as ever.
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julesvern

21st July 2024, 16:19
fernie, I also can't fully parse 15d.

Despite getting them, I couldn't parse 16d, 19d or 2d until I came on here, so many thanks for the explanations. 16 very clever. 19d not quite fair, imo, as it's the American spelling of nightwear.

Due to (my own) confusion over the spelling of 27a, I only just realised the homophone element of it, and the purpose of the first two words!

Not seen 'harry' as an anagram indicator before (7d)

All in all, a great crossword. Enjoyed 12a, when I finally twigged it!
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