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Will have a think , do very little reading nowadays with my lack of vision - after a weekend crosswording takes a few days to settle. Does sound good though.

Also thanks to all for the help with this one, any new ideas welcome.

M♥

Do you use audiobooks at all, mamya?
I think some of the Ereaders have an "translate-to-audio" facility.

I don't at the moment although it is something I may consider - to be honest I think I have got out of the habit, which is a shame but something that can be rectified easily .

Agree about petrochemistry, but cannot fathom why?

Oh well, ta for trying

Can anyone help me with this....

What may offer drunk a stop with grub (9)G?S?R?P?? - GASTROPOD would fit but that would mean this next clue ends in a D....

Love to prepare wool pattern created by workers (9) - H?N???O?(D) - I think the answer should be HONEYCOMB but that means GASTROPOD is wrong.

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That's great, thanks Mamya.

Bringing this up to the top in the hope that after a day to muse on it, someone may have the full parse now for...

8 down- Study of the rocky personal relationship between successive popes? (14)

PETROCHEMISTRY

Much appreciated

Hello Mamya found this is it any help

http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/library_article/558/PRINCIPI_APOSTOLORUM_PETRO_Pope_Benedict_XV_on_the_Papacy.html

Note 4 paragraph 1