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can anyone advise please, struggling again on this today

8d 5,3,6
dad grabs you genuine ground within a country
p----/---/----e-

papua new guinea

thank you, no wonder struggling again.

To be honest EMF I've got the PA(dad) grabs you (U) maybe (GENUINE) ground but it still leaves me not fully understanding it. So I think it's right but I'm in the dark!

seems to fit, stuck on some still
9a 6
awful duck in one-day international against america
-d----
and
17a 6
with grant, this could make negotiators redundant
-t---e

For 9a)I've got odious and 17a) otiose. I think that they are both understandable, by me anyway!

brain in reverse i reckon, thanks for all the help

With regards Papua New Guinea. If I take Dad as Papa (rather than just Pa) and take the W from within and add a from "within a country", then I think we've got all the letters necessary when added to what I said earlier. It's on the edge of my somewhat limited understanding though!

i was looking for a place within a country, got the Pa bit then stalled..