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Playbus,
Yes, you have the correct crossers. A word for widespread inside a four letter anagram…

Thx Jono , had to look it up, never heard of that word, must be made up by Ladbrokes and Co. to entice a gamble frenzy.

Rocky @ 43 absolutely! Still struggling with some parsing , 18a
even with Brenden’s explanation. Not an enjoyable experience but certainly thought provoking , will not be adding Jack to my favourite compilers list.

Sorry should be rocky7 and Brendan!

16d is a fairly common word Stateside.
On review, I underrated 18a and should have listed it as a COD contender. Agree with Brendan's parsing.

Thanks Brendan and geeker penny finally dropped.

Thanks Dhope,

It is a tricky one, not least because, once you've made the adjustment to "state", you're left with a word that, including the final letter, means "someone from a state" - that confused me no end!

Ignore that last post, I was seeing thing 🙄

Finished, earlier in the week than usual. Foi 17a, LOI 22a, which is perhaps COD as delightfully misdirecting but accurate.

Had to use Crossword Solver for a few but even when faced with the possibilities for 22a as R***E*T* I didn't recognise the one, until I came and read the forum and found Brendan's @27 where "animal cross" solved my ***E of 21d so that 22a, now with 4 crossers, leapt out at me! Thank you, Brendan, for that hint.

Thanks Pam, much appreciated:-)