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hi wally
Think of a "packet" as a pile of money ;)

Just to give a weather report from "Sunny Dundee" the official sunniest city in Scotland .....trench foot and sunburn all in the one day...

... and here in central France we are sweltering. Extreme temperatures the last few days, up to 40c, mean we are living a life indoors, behind shutters, fans whirring. Maybe the heat has addled my little grey cells but I am finding this week's puzzle troublesome, or perhaps it is because I am trying to knit at the same time! I think I shall be back for clues. Extinct animal for example?

Another hard one. Always more difficult with things I've never heard of - 1D,20A,21D - so grateful for Quicksolve. I got 3D but spent an eternity trying to understand the clue.
Thanks Chrisg for info on RT34 thread.
AngelMCM - it's a huge hairy predecessor of the elephant. The first word describes what a jumper you wear is made of. Bon nuit.

Question for "nightowl": what is Quicksolve? Sounds like an Internet machine, but can't find it!

GK - quick solve is a tab on this site !

aha, night owl, thank you for that - why wasn't it obvious to me? - because I had mis-spelled 2 down! With your hint I soon realized. Now just have two to do, and I think I shall have to resort to Quick Solve or the Wizard but it's a bit cooler today so maybe brain will be working better.

Well, I never, chrisg: have ben using it for years & never noticed the title (esp. difficult to recognize as one word,of course;that's my excuse & I'm sticking to it). Thought I was missing out on s'thing! Thank you again.

....and greetings to angelmcm from a bit further south-west: I know your problem! btw The answer you're looking for is also the name of a chain-store here (without the first word), isn't it?

Greetings greedy kite - yes, you are right! Once I had spotted my spelling error it was obvious - felt rather foolish in fact. How do you get your RT crossword? A friend in the UK scans hers and emails it to me as our subscriber copy doesn't arrive until at least Friday, and I just cannot wait that long! We are significantly cooler here today - hurrah. Bon courage.