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10d a white van is 3 houses up (7) R?T?I?A
Can only see retsina! Also 39ac Star holding back in part of female (5) Looks like it has to be susan, but blindly can't parse it TIA

Retsina : a White(wine)
answer to 3d is TERRIFIC
so : vANISTERrific

SUN (star) holding AS backwards (as in Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes - playing the part of)

5 SUSAN
Sun
holding as (reversed)

Thank you both.

Sorry, jazzgirl - but still can't get your explanation of 3d as TERRIFIC. Can you explain, please?

Hi DuckB
Jazzgirl was using TERRIFIC to explain why 10d was RETSINA; not explaining "terrific". What's the clue?

I believe jazzgirl was parsing 10 down which uses the answer to 3 down which is terrific.
An anagram of ref + criti(cised)

Sorry for any confusion. I remembered the answer to 3d was "terrific" but I have recycled the paper so had forgotten the exact clue. Thanks ginge for stepping in

Thanks. Don't know what's wrong with me this week. Still seventeen answers I can't get. Either I'll file this and wait to see the right answers in a week's time - OR, if someone wants to give me some leads in the top lh corner (particularly 2d and 5d), and some hints in the bottom lh corner ... I might just persevere. Don't like giving up!!