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Well the last few guyz. ANy help gratefully received. It has been a long slog this weekend.

26A Red setter needs lead for example, having gone away previously (6) _E_T__
23A Cook to get very excited about recipe (5) __O_L
23D It's weaker than bloody Bass, mate! (5) __L_Y

24A A depressing number are into drug? That's about right(5) D_R_E (dirge but why!!!!)

23 Broil - boil, get very excited, with the 'r' from recipe inside.

23 D. Bally - a curse, swear word. It's not as strong, vehement as 'bloody'. It's the 'b' from Bass and 'ally' mate.

Thx malone.

I'd thought broil and dismissed it... I just can't get this setter at all!

24. Are into = dig + e = drug (about right)

26 Was answered yesterday as 'Leftie', a red. I can't remember how it all worked - there's 'left', having gone away, and'ie', for example.

juttdar

Broil and Bally for the 23's

Finished it I think but had to guess at

Writer Hemmingway perhaps promoting good man (6)
?T?R?E

Sterne (is it because anagram of Ernest? and Sterne wrote Tristram Shandy? Was he a good man Or am I completely off?)

St is saint, good man - and Hemingway was Ernest. Promoting the good man puts saint/st to the front- becoming st erne.

Many thanks malone. Sorry for the delay; terrible internet here this morning.