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17a. Why is the answer to. Risk covering motor racing in suit. Befit
6d. Why is the answer to. Rubbish picked up in London that's crammed into boats . Oakum

F1 inside Bet

Oh come (now, that's rubish)

Picked up in London means sounds like in cockney

Best guess I've got. Pretty poor if I'm correct

Hokum.
'Okum?
Oakum?

Ah. Well done rusty

Thanks, Shooty!

I struggled to parse some too:
23 Authorise a run in fast cars, small ones (2-5). Go-carts, but why?
8. Press don't win in court (6). Closet? Can that mean press?
12 Play better than most characters (5). Outdo?

I think it's probably go-Karts

OK A R(un) in GTS (fast cars)

Could 23 be "go-Karts"?

Yes, a linen press is a cupboard or closet for storing linen