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Thank you Helveticus, I couldn't see the what for the chat!

Thanks Malone, I see it now, though I think the clue would have been more Ximanean without the "not".

I meant of course without the "was".

Helveticus, I think the 'was' is because 'ne' an old word - Chambers says it's 'obsolete'.

Just finishing this off, I have one word to get and it's 15d, I have C?T? clue is Tomtom perhaps just for show. (4) Presume some of you have solved this one!
The theme was quite fun but like other people earlier in the thread I'd have preferred chitchat to the actual more obscure word that is the real
answer.
i's like to know which of the four 8-letter words the setter thinks is two words?

Cats - the show, musical. It's from Tom+Tom - ie cats, plural.

Of course. I was being really stupid, I even wondered if it began CAT? (and I saw Cats twice back in the eighties!).

Maybe Doc was being sneaky - Mean Time can be two words, for one meaning?