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This is hard work this morning.Can I have some help ?
1 ac Armies switching right to left take heart from brilliant victory (9) _ _ _ _ L _ I _ _

3 d Hand over cursed writ (8) _ _ _ _ _ M _ _

18 d Sack's not for a couple of learners in wine (8)
_ _ _ _ T A _ _

Pillage - sack with not for ll (couple of learners gives pinotage - wine?

1ac is RAMILLIES and 3d is MANDAMUS. Don't know the other - am having difficulty with bottom right corner mesel'

Thanks filmfan

Thank you ab

11a: strong drink brother consumes before food (6): *race*. "Bracer" it must be, but can anyone explain the wordplay? BR=brother, but what's the rest?

Brother CONSUMES suggests the word for food is between B and R

Which leaves RACE - an old meaning of which is Root of ginger - so perhaps - before food - means an obsolete word for food