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strangelybrown

20th October 2024, 14:00
Some I can't parse:

15a Bone from three in the reckoning (7)
Looks like ‘sternum’.

52a Ray and Henry escaping village near Tokyo once (7)
Torpedo.

19d Love goddess hosting a function (7)
Operate?
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quisling

20th October 2024, 14:07
All correct.
A “tern” is a set of three, inside “sum”

A “thorp” is an old word for village, losing the H for Henry and adding Edo, name for Tokyo until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

O (love) + Ate (goddess) containing Per, a, as in £10 a head.
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strangelybrown

20th October 2024, 14:25
Thank you Quisling, some dreadful obscurities used by the setter this week.
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quisling

20th October 2024, 14:53
I don’t usually bother with Jumbos, I just try to parse clues which are posted here!
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bear of lb

20th October 2024, 15:02
I do agree with StrangelyBrown - far too recondite this week.

I'm grateful for 2 of the above, but can anyone help with any of the following :
26A - Ring through often on such personal extensions? (8)
E???O???
30A - Appearance of fast current - no going back (10)
E?????S???
& finally 25D - Othello for example right - heartless loser crushed (5,4)
TITLE ???E [Role? or Page? - & why?]

Assistance with these might help me finish the bottom right corner.
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rocketman

20th October 2024, 15:07
29 Across - "Isn't that Tatum FBI agent's arrested? Or Craven?" I have the answer as "FAINT-HEARTED" but I can't see where Tatum comes into the reckoning.
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malone

20th October 2024, 15:08
25 D Title = right (to ownership) and Role is an anagram (crushed) of 'loser' with the S dropped (heartless).
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malone

20th October 2024, 15:09
26 Earlobes, personal extensions, parts of the bodu, where people put earrings,,,,
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bear of lb

20th October 2024, 15:15
Malone, thanks for 26A

I had guessed at Faint-Hearted for 26A - I'm assuming the Tatum is Art not O'Neill, but I can't claim to have worked it out fully.
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rafflesthegt

20th October 2024, 15:18
Express 1 on?
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