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All done in today`s Araucaria except 26ac: "Unintelligible participant in tug of war"
( * R * E * )The only word that seems to come anywhere near a meaning is "CRIER" Is this it?

I'm thinking: GREEK

as in it's all 'Greek' to me and of course lots of wars!!

I'm thinking: GREEK

as in it's all 'Greek' to me and of course lots of wars!!

It is Greek - I googled "Greek + tug-of-war" and got a quotation on the lines of !When Greek meets Greek there's a tug of war"

went with greek also - but not entirely happy with 8 and 27 across - I only seem to have 6 of the theme!(if 27a not counted)

Hi Ixion

I've got ANSON for 8ac - which was a WWII aircraft - making 7 altogether.

I've got TOWELLING for 27ac mostly from crossing letters & 'it will dry', can't see the definition.

Strangely this is only one letter short of an anagram of WELLINGTON another WWII plane!

thanks Jack - didn't have anson in my list of WWII planes - had put anion - ref to thematic eighth in 27a now makes sense also

I think the definition "add weight here" means to welling, add ton - sorry, rather clumsy explanation.

Thanks folks....I`ll go along with "GREEK" but, especially for an Araucaria (usually impeccable) its all Greek to me too! This was very much a Curate`s Egg puzzle with almost absurdly simple clue-ing (e.g.1 Dn and 22 Dn) alongside quite obscure/warped answers like "CHATTY/I". Not the GOM`s best I feel.

Hi All

I must have been extremely thick re 27ac!!

As I said I got 'Towelling', saw it was almost an anagram of 'Wellington' but the penny didn't drop with 'add weight here for a thematic eighth' DOH!!

Thanks for that! Very clever from The Master as usual.