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I really don't like the carte blanche format. Can anyone help with the first clue to hopefully get me going, please.
Old-timer's incompetent, with head in a tree (6)

U(nab)le

Thank you, finn. This looks like a tough one.

It sure does.
I may put it aside until tomorrow.

Like Cloverjo I am not exactly enamoured of this sort of EV. I have the answers for both the ten and eleven letter across clues and the eleven letter down clue. Could some please tell me where these go in the grid?

I haven't got very far with this at all, but I thought the eleven letter down clue must start second square down in the middle column. I might be wrong though.

That's what I thought as well Cloverjo but there is the possibility that it is symmetrical with the unclued 1 down.

11 letter down answer starts in row 3, column 5.

this will also let you slot in the 11 letter across answer.

Only two clues to solve but I have the 3rd one down as 6 letters i.e ' ?ba??s'. If I am right can anyone give me hint to the answer please.