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Definitely picked a tough first listener to attempt. Struggling to work out the ailanthus clue and a few others. Think I have managed to get the top half almost complete so a lot of jigsaw work with bottom half at the moment.

Smithsax - Can see your conundrum - As a 'long in the tooth' Londoner' was always aware of it ( followed by g*p) - But people younger than I seem to think it refers to H-shire not N-shire!

Charlesberg - Not sure if you were asking for hint. But that one is a simple answer but complicated word play - canopy (4) + endless layer (with first letter being the extra letter) + end of ailanthus.

Thanks. so the word itself means flower? Was just looking at that one all wrong.

Yes - Def. flowers

Thank you. Worked it out shortly after previous message and then promptly kicked myself.

Having thought I was close I have a conundrum in the NW corner with clues leaving me an unknown APNA?? (Using one circled letter and three from across clues) am I on the right track?

Not sure if we talking the same thing - If you refer to down answer in column 5 - it is - *(CIRCLED)*NA** and clue by 'Bond may hurt....

Charlesburg - in guessing you've put impala for the antelope clue which gives you the "p" in the down clue. You need to find another antelope!

That's exactly what I did. Knew I had one wrong bye sunny think it was that one. Thanks for all the pointers.