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I should add that the reason I asked 'Is the other clue ... "Underground TV is U.S." or "Underground TV in U.S."?' is that, as you already realised, 'tube' is North American slang for television (adopted outside the USA also, now).

If the clue is "Underground TV in U.S.", then it makes more sense in its entirety.

Thanks lads. Sorry JimC, it was 'in U.S.'. I thought we used tube for TV in the UK too... The rest are now clear - I was using MM as an abbreviation for madame or mademoiselle but that's wrong. And 'ovulation' - sometimes you just don't see something for looking...

"Drive one representative to railway in US" = 'impel'. Why does EL = railway in US?
"Maps ruined on board in bursts of activity" = 'spasms'. Anagrammatical but where are the 2 extra s's coming from?
Many thanks

el(evated railroad) is US slang for a railway.

S(team)S(hip) is an abbreviation that crops up a lot in crosswords.

If you don't have a copy of Chambers Dictionary (not the shorter versions) then you would be well advised to buy one. Crossword setters tend to use every single abbreviation in there, for example 'see' in a clue could be 'lo' or, occasionally, 'v', short for 'vide'.

One last thing - you are allowed to start a new thread, at no extra cost!!

Aye, I know but seeing as how the thread title would be the same in each case...
Here are two that are bugging me today:
"Style acquired here in Rome" = 'gothic'. Why does IC = Rome?
"More work required to find perfect home" = 'utopia'
Many thanks

Hi Pooksahib,
GOT HIC Latin for here.Sir Thomas More wrote a work entitled UTOPIA about a perfect world.
Hope this helps.
Jerry

Hi Pooksahib.

"Style acquired here in Rome" = 'gothic' ... GOT (acquired) + HIC ('here' in latin).

I think one advantage of starting a new thread sometime soon would be that we wouldn't have to page through several pages to see new posts.

I just click on the last of the page numbers to get there but I know where you're coming from. This'll be the last on this thread then:
"David loves quibbling about note - about anything!" = 'Devil's advocate'. Anagrammatical but where does the final 'cate' come from?
Many thanks

about=c + a (musical note) te.