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Stuck on the Northwest corner. Brain blank on 8ac and 10a, plus 2d, 3d, 4d. Rest of puzzle is done.

Feeling stupid this weekend!

8a abbrev for number + cat synonym + ovine animal

Clues please Fran - number of letters and any already placed

2d a fish without "a" leaving a lake
3d our queen - as - our queen giving definition of rubber

10a a word meaning reluctant doesn't start leaving "profanity"

4d welcome = what you do with someone you haven't seen for a while
figure finally = last letter of figure
Roman numeral for 1000
002 :-)

Fran, did I make any sense?
I didn't want to give you the answer right out.

Neil. Brilliant. Got it. Thanks a lot! :-)

Just working through the hints above. Will post back if successful.

Too many clues to write them all out. But will do so in a bit.

Sudokulover: got the 3d thanks to you. Great.

Still stuck on 2d. Fish without a lake. I understand I need to find a lake made up of a three letter fish around (without) "a". But the only three letter fish I can think of is "cod" which can't be right.

Hmmm.

Suki:
Clue - Reluctant to jettison origin of profanity
4 letters
I have -a--