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Hi there,

Grateful for any help with the following:-

9d (6) 'One instructs soldiers to retreat at the outset'. I've got ?e?t?r

16d (1,7) 'Online purchases, mostly expensive, cropping up without credit'. I've got ?t?c?e?s and can only think 'e-tickets' but am not sure how it fits.

22d (5) 'Detects sounds from whales? That's not new'. I've got m?k?s

Thanks

9d) mentor

22d) mikes, minkes without n for new

22 MI(n)KES (which are whales)

16 STEE(p) (expensive) upwards around TICK (credit)

Thanks to you both - it's definitely a case of 'duh! Why could I not see those?'

Thanks again.