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Some tough clues here, even before we get round to working out the Playfair code.
I've ground to a halt. Can anyone get me going again, please?
8d. Penn and Endecott, perhaps, so game returning before Thailand succeeded. (7). O??I???
Thanks.

I haven't got the puzzle but were they both founders of States making them OECISTS or OEKISTS? I can't make out the wordplay though!

SIC EO reversed before S+T

T+S, that is.

Thank you both.

I'll have to ask for more help, please.
1a. Junior schoolboy turns back penniless after following old tune. (5)

fytte; f+ (p)etty reversed

Gosh.. I'd never have got that. Thanks, kilgore trout.

I've solved nearly all the clues but I need to find the four-word phrase that is associated with "snapshot". Any hints please? We are told the first two words appear in the completed grid. Would that be the main diagonal? If so, the best I can do is "flash picture" which doesn't make much sense.

You are right with those words. If you put them in a Playfair square, you will soon see what the other 2 words in the phrase must be by comparing your clue answers with what you have in the grid so far.