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1a Short poem, second one beloved lassie returned? (4) S???
3d E.g. Springboks, profligate, ditching leader before new series (5) ?UE?S
23d Primate packing little drink: "I've only one case". (6) ????T?

23d ap tot e

ouens? - roue N S
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ouens

1a SIJO = short poem, SI = second one, JO = beloved, but 'lassie returned' is a mystery

Thanks trevor - i had ouens pencilled in but forgot to check the defn!

Thank you stevem

12a h??e??? any ideas

Ray is the definition (as in manta). A word for unpretentious + N.

Thanks Aristophanes - new to me!

Ia I still can't see how 'lassie returned' is used in the clue. In a film Lassie returns to Joe but I don't think that is it.