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I can't believe that I solved all but 5 and a half of the clues without recourse to the internet in any way! Just like the old days and very satisfying except I'll have nothing to do in the bath. I came to this site for help parsing 12 across. The first syllable is presumably a homophone of a word for 'no' but where does the last bit come from please?

You're thinking of the wrong type of Arab for the first part. Take letters away from words in the clue for the second part.

Am I looking for a synonym of 'art' without its first and last letters? Or what?

simpler than that. look at "about art"....

Remove the end letters of both words.

Doh! Many thanks.