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simond9x

22nd December 2024, 10:47
Darn it! I'd been fixated on the previous line, the end of which worked. I didn't have the full source available at the time. Ah well.
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greengage

22nd December 2024, 11:28
7D wordplay still escapes me, hints gratefully received....
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gitto

22nd December 2024, 11:33
Finally got there with a massive PDM once I identified that pesky 5th word!! I spent hours searching for new words of the wrong length, but it all works very neatly in the end.
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smithsax

22nd December 2024, 13:50
Greengage. The last letter of churn (winding it up) in a four letter word for deserts.
It is an & lit. clue. A rare example of this type of clue that actually works well.
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greengage

22nd December 2024, 13:56
Thanks smithsax, got it now!
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smellyharry

22nd December 2024, 14:22
Still working on the last stage, but in terms of clues I don't understand the wordplay for 37a or the significance of 'thane' in 16 - my answer seems to be Indian?

Thanks

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drxx

22nd December 2024, 14:32
Wordplay starts from 'hotel' (we see quite a lot of the festival).

It's a city over there.
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smellyharry

22nd December 2024, 14:40
Understood on Thane, thanks. Still dont understand 37.
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drxx

22nd December 2024, 14:42
An abbreviation replaces the first letter of the festival.
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smellyharry

22nd December 2024, 15:10
Yes, I figured that. I can't see any word for a festival in Bradfords that ends with those two letters?
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