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40d: One group of workers get in a twist, seeing such lords (9)
S - I - - - U -L
(The only word I can think of which fits these letters is SPIRITUAL, but I can't see why.)

47a: Quantity of action got in the mechanicals' play? Yes and no (5,5)
- - - N - / S - A - E

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ITU (one trade union) in spiral

Lion's share

Thanks!

Whew, I was stuck on this and couldn't work out the reason for the answer! Thanks

But surely link between "spiritual" and 'seeing such lords' is very tenuous?

House of Lords has Lords Temporal, Legal and Spiritual (bishops) and maybe many more. A la Lanterne with 'em all!

Someone told me last week 47a is LIONS SHARE. I can't work out how though!

In "Midsummer Night's Dream" the mechanicals put on a play. The part of the Lion is played by Snug. He has very little to say and so the usual meaning of "Lion's share" becomes just the opposite.

Thanks jazzgirl I'd been puzzling over that all week and now I am enlightened :-)