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Hi Geeker,

I know you are 'old school' and my Sha'Carri question was meant to be tongue-in-cheek which is why I ended it with a smiley face, not considering that I end pretty much all my posts with a smiley face:-)

Chris, I wrote in 26 but misparsed (actually didn't parse) the last letter right. It's a 5-letter "Ancient Greek" inside a 3-letter word.

Chris, in 26 the last two letters attach to the first letter to make a three letter for came first. Lines is simple a containment indicator.

I had the last letter wrong too.

chrise
The last two letters go with the first letter. ‘Lines’ indicates the position of those three letters in relation to the rest.

Thanks, Brendan. Subtlety doesn't always come across over the internet and I should have understood the tongue-in-cheek query. 😉

Sorry jono et al - simultaneous posting!

26a - My mistake everyone - "lines" is a containment indicator.

Hope I didn't send anyone astray.

Many thanks Geeker. I've now filled in the answer to 25ac and I've found an 18d for 22d, but can't see what it has to do with "Jaw". But that has been a common theme for me with this crossword. I'm pleased I wasn't the only one to find this extremely hard. Thank you someone for explaining 26ac and making me look up the fruit for 19d. I have eaten them before, but forgotten the name.

I couldn't see why 17ac was right, but it is a horse. The baby escaped me.

My FOI was 9ac (though I wasn't sure about it)
MyLOI was 22d (though I don't know why) and my Cods were 1d and 14ac.

Be back next week I hope.

Roof, 22d is I (one) inside a 5-letter word (verb) for "jaw"