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17D: Wind up with letters read aloud (5)
T?A?E
I'm thinking 'tease' = wind up(def)
but cannot parse the rest of the cue?
Help please.

Ok, got it as soon as I'd posted!

T's? (letters)

T's read aloud?

Tthanks, ixion - I saw it as soon as I'd posted - and I'd been puzzling for a while!

Just a query - I 'm perhaps quibbling over nothing
here.....
18A: Keep close to English giant (4)
The answer is HUGE
Keep close to = hug
E =English
Huge= giant (definition)
but giant is a noun ( the adj would be 'gigantic') and huge is an adjective....
Am I missing something here? please put me out of my misery!!

http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/giant

Hi elle, "giant" is both noun and adjective.

Hi, ginge - not according to 'Chambers' ! and I've never come across it as such - gigantic is the adjective, surely?
I've looked at your ref and agree it says that, but it sounds very ungrammatical to me!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach

Hi again Elle, as an adjective giant/gigantic are interchangeable as you will see in the list of synonyms.
The giant/gigantic planet Jupiter for example are both acceptable, as antonyms of small.
Hope this helps.

Thank you! I'm not happy....(I'll go away and sulk!)