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rocketman

2nd April 2024, 08:05
Clarification on these two would be appreciated:-
18 Across - "Dictator is human, no saint" PERON
27 Down - "Old diva wanting bread but no tea" PATTI

I know there's pitta bread, but can't see the "tea" connection.
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chrise

2nd April 2024, 08:12
27 (cha)PATTI
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geting

2nd April 2024, 08:14
18 Across - "Dictator is human, no saint" PERON
Person minus S for saint
27 Down - "Old diva wanting bread but no tea" PATTI

Patti LaBelle - Chapatti minus CHA
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rocketman

2nd April 2024, 08:21
Many thanks, Chris E and Geting! I don't like to enter solutions without justifying them, but all is now clear! Unfortunately, I was trying to work around "ST" for saint, and not just "S" - It's the same with "circa", which can be "CA" or just "C".
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chrise

2nd April 2024, 08:27
I was trying to work "st" in too, rocketman.
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rusty

2nd April 2024, 10:44
An old diva, Adelina Patti?
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chrise

2nd April 2024, 10:59
i agree with rusty - never heard of patti la belle
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geting

2nd April 2024, 11:32
Chrise, she's one of my absolute favourites; a true old-fashioned R&B and Soul diva of the 1970s 1980s before moving into Gospel. Lady Marmalade is her best-known song for the non-aficionados
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quisling

2nd April 2024, 11:53
I’m quite sure rusty has the intended reference. Not least because I believe the Times has a convention that it doesn’t include references to the living in its cryptic crossword clues
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geting

2nd April 2024, 12:05
I'm happy to concede, though yesterday's Guardian had a first name reference to a living person. But perhaps they have different rules.
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