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Hi folks on the lookout for help again ! always think i gonna get it on my own ,never mind.Stuck on
34a(8) publicity e???s??e.
40a(8) impractical person i???l??t.
10d(4) tibetan monk l??a.
20d(7) flattened oval e?l????.
As usual once i see them the answers will be simple.

Exposure
Idealist
Lama
Ellipse

Thanks barrycat just as posted thread got exposure and lama but ellipse a new one on me don't think i ever heard that before , it true when said you learn something new every day ,with me usually how brain dead i get near end of a crossword ;-).

Hahaha:-)

I need to get better dictionary / wordfinder that for sure good luck to you barrycat and thnks again.

I don't think I would describe an ellipse as a flattened oval - it's a circle with two "centres" (or focuses)
Is oval an egg-shape?
P.S. you can draw an ellipse by putting two pins in a piece of paper. Put a loop of string around them, then put a pencil inside the string and draw the shape that keeps the string taut all the way round.

PPS the closer together you put the pins, the more like a circle you get. Planetary orbits are nearly circular ellipses.

Chrise rmbr vaguely frm my youth about the pins and drawing but ooh my it so long ago my old brain may be playing tricks ! .As usual with the daily record there is always at least one clue where the answer doesn't match up but ends up being correct when you check the following week so just have to go with it and keep fingers crossed :-/.

Your brain and knowledge is far superior to mine chrise im happy if i can do sunday mail cryptic crossword in pen not pencil !.