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Can anyone help with this last clue?
Very much holding twigs up as material for baskets (6) osier?
I don't know whether it's 'osierS' or 'osierY'.
Thanks.

OSIERS I believe.

OS = very much (outsize) very loosely

holding reis (under rice(2) in Chambers)= twigs and 'up' = SEIR

very much=so
twigs(new to me)=reis

Thanks, both of you. I'd never heard of the 'reis'/twigs thing. Osiers was my original answer, but then osiery came into my head - and I couldn't see how one was better than the other. I do now!

Very good Ixion. Never thought of that. I love you so = I love you very much. Not you personally, of course ):

Aw Jolan...why did you have to spoil it with that final qualification :)

In case P@ would stop talking to me. lol

Nite, nite! Off to my virtuous couch now.

Dragging this thread back up!
Malone? how did you complete this? Now gather April Fool was in play....so how you did it well let me sleep again!

I just assumed wrong grid!

Thanks If you can explain a little! :-))

I knew some of my answers were definitely correct,but were the wrong size/place in the grid - and I realised what the date was. I worked out the four longest answers and tried to see where they'd fit (working with other answers). I realised the Across answers were for Down clues and vice versa. It took a while, but I then saw the system to it - so that enabled me to get the tricky clues. (If you need/want the system, let me know).

Thanks, Malone.

I'm a little miffed about this, because Beelzebub is not a themed puzzle. I "do" themed puzzles.

This coming out of the blue is annoying to me.

I think I really was an "April fool" :-))