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Evening all,

Syzzie sent me the Speccy and I've had a (proper)go at it for the first time. It's taken me a few days but I've finished it.
Well, apart from one clue I can't seem to parse, just wondering if one of your brilliant minds could help me with the wordplay.

CLUE: 40a)

Son made to swim across the Channel? He prefers video games (10)

I have: S-RE-N-GE-

I feel it must be SCREENAGER with the Def being 'He prefers video games'. A term coined in the 90's for kids who watch TV and play computer games all day

Any thoughts for the rest of the wordplay welcome?

son- S
CREE made NAGER to swim in French?

Cheers aristo,

The French language has done me again, I see now Nager/Swim, but could you explain exactly how we get 'cree' , I did check that and came up with 'boiling or soaking' as one meaning and 'A tribe of Native Americans as another'
Am I being a bit dense here?

CREE is French for made/created

Not one of my languages either, but I believe cree (with accent on the first E) means created.

Creer is the infinitive.

There should be acute accents on both 'e's...

Ah! Sorry, both words are French then, I wasn't keyed into that then. Cheers guys, much appreciated.
Don't know if you had a go at this one, but it's quite a tricky little grid, some really tough clues.

Totally missed this. Rare venture to the forum. Sent you an e-mail.

Can anyone reference the def for 3D. The wordplay is obvious, but that term for beetle isn't.

Well done, Bullfrog. Past participle?: créé