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puzzled by 2d, thought it might be thorn

It is, gaperon. "THORN" is the name of the character "Y" as used in "Ye Olde Tea Shoppe" for instance. It is pronounced "th", NOT "y"!

in that case, what is 9a please? ?e?o
tks

Ah, thanks. So my 9a was wrong. I had 'REED' ('red' about 'e') which would have fit into the first group (according to Google).

9a is my last as well. No word seems to make any sense; HERO looks favourite, but I can't explain it.


Have you any idea what links the second set mentioned in the instructions? I have 15a and 20d without definitions, and also possibly 9a, but I can't see another,

I don't have 9a or 15a yet (I have _M_W) but agree that, apart from those and 20d, I can't see a fourth without a definition.

I don't think 23d has a definition. Do letters 2 and 4 of the solution occur in the reverse order of how they appear in the alphabet? If so, how does the answer fit with 20d in a group?

if 15a is SMEW (a duck) then 9a could be ZERO (also a kind of duck).

A-ha, yes, they're all synonyms of that 4 letter word. Thank you.

9A ER (Queen) inside ZO (a crossbreed of cow & yak)
A duck in cricket is zero. So zero could be right.