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Weekend Australian 2 weeks old.
1a A piece about find 17 member (8)
17 is Yankee.
Answer is American (17 member)
I get the a but am lost with "piece abour find"

2d Note bird sizzles right away in ovens (10)
Answer is microwaves
I get note Mi, and bird crow but aves from sizzles right away is beyond me. I don't think raves is sizzles
9a Bidding system in pub briefly making a comeback (4)
Last letter is L
I guess acol but don't know that as a bidding system.
I get that from pub briefly loca comeback acol. Ay ideas?

24a Leave miserable places, no end of trouble (4)
I have H ? L ?
And I am out of ideas.
Thanks guys and gals

24 Hols (holidays - leave) Holes minus E (last letter in trouble_

9 is Acol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acol

sizzles = raves minus the R ?

1a American

A Man (piece on a chess board) round Eric (an old fine in Ireland)

Well now I can go to bed and sleep the sleep of the just. Thanks for the guidance.

I haven ot visited here for quite a while - fon't know whether it means I am getting better or I am running out of decent puzzles. Stickler who was our best setter in Australia has provided some puzzles but the newspapers stopped using him and publish rubbish.

Good night and thanks again.

Night night.