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I am tearing my hair out at my last two..1 down and 13 across, any hints would be gratefully received! Thanks

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1d He serves criminal judgement taking a year without half of jury (8) and 13a Close up inside harbour...I think this one of these is thematic whereby it has no definition in the clue, and the answer is a region of France

how many letters? any placed?

1d looks like it could be an anagram of (ju) dgement + y but I can't find anything?

13a anagram of near + quay would give arquenay - region of france??

GANYMEDE, anag with T extra

MO(SEL)LE, close up = SEaL, A extra

Brilliant thank you! I apologise sudukolover, I was very unhelpful, and neglected the fact that each clue's wordplay leads to a superfluous letter, but thanks for your efforts!

Is 8 down 'RF' ? And is this the first part of the bit to be shaded?

Hello Demeter - I was just about to email the same question. I have RF as the unclued light and I presume we highlight this with EURO. I wasn't too happy with France being a state (cf states of America). Can anyone else confirm? I know I 've said this before but I wish the setters could come up with a more original method of hiding a message - I groaned when I saw this one (again)!

Since one definition of state is "A body politic, especially one constituting a nation: the states of Eastern Europe", it seems perfectly fair. Keep in mind the constraints faced by the setter, in that the message must come from the extra letters. No room to fit "nation" in there.