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22a. Beastly sound of lout holding note (4).

Thanks in advance

Oink

N (Note) in Oik (lout)

Scree ch

For 5d , yes that's right Polly.

20ac. Dissident stoichal about Tory cuts (10) I?O?O?????
19d. Is the chairman dismissing quiet lives (7) R???D??
27ac. I thought dessert a shambles (cold inside) (9) ????A?T?S

Help please.

20a: iconoclast= dissident
con - tory
+ anagram of "stoical"

19d: (p) resides

27 Descartes

Thanks elle any thoughts on 27ac?

27a: Descartes
anagram of "dessert a" + c (old)

Descartes said "I think, therefore I am" but I don't know why it is in the past tense?