Hi all. could any of you fine people help me to parse 13Ac. Longer version of a river before each round.(4) AR?A. AREA? also 37Ac. Once before, forge as precursor to austerity. RI?OR. RIGOR? thank you.
The problem with this clue is that 'longer version of a' does not define 'area' - even as wordplay 'for example' would be required as 'a' can abbreviate many other words.