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15d. Female leaves France to be trained as button-maker (5)
N***e.
17a. This rare object’s seen at new auctioneers. (5)
**r**
18d. County turned up best American swimmer (7)
**t*p*y. The only answer I can think of is autopsy....but why?

18, oc top US.

15 Nacre (mother of pearl used to make buttons)

17 Curio ???

Yes, short, (auctioneers -(seen at))*.

Curio + seen at = Auctioneers

Subtractive clue

Sorry shooty, bloody predictatext.

This 1 min delay in posts does not work for me.

Sorry Ginge, we crossed.

Thanks Rusty, my “S” was wrong as last letter in the corresponding across clue.

Thanks Shooty I had actually written curio down as a possibility but couldn’t see why!