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Good morning AJT - yes the connection is quite obscure , but the puzzle is quite nice again with some clever clues. I have been away but having looked back to spectator & mephisto threads, I am sad to see K has left us. Wasn't going to bother with the spectator this week(too many jobs on our return), but you all said it was easy, so I had a go and agree with you - I think it was the easiest one for a long while. Came back from hols to a parcel of a dictionary/thesaurus - first prize in independent cryptic puzzle!

Hello Sudokulover - I'm very happy to see your name again - you should have said before you went away - got a bit concerned.
Yes, haven't we had drama - sorry K felt he had to go.

I'm stuck on the bottom left hand corner.
I'm guessing that 18ac is ?????STORIES, 16dn is ?????-LEG, and 17dn ends in BER. I suppose 21ac could be ALLEGORIC but I can't fit that to the clue.

...and again S - congratulations on the prize!

allegoric ego =i r for read inside (G) allic for french

16d is a cut of lamb or mutton
24a men one mad without their leaders = group of nine

Thanks Sudokulover. What a horribly constructed clue. No indicator that 'I' had to be translated into another language. Pasquale is clearly keen on his Freanch and Latin references in this one.

If you're meaning "allegoric", Ron - it isn't translated into french. Gallic is n English word - no good, so allic. inside ego - I, start to read - r

Finished it now!
I've never heard of 18 or 24 and I don't understand how 26 works.
I prefer Araucaria when he's on form......