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Have trawled other threads for answers to my queries - thanks to mamya, ginge, ab & rogerw - your replies to other people have helped me. Still stuck on:
3D "Deceive with lie, but not in meeting" (10) _ have C?N?E?T?O? - all the words that will fit don't seem to make sense (to me anyway)

Convention (Meeting)

Deceive - CON

Lie but not in (in)VENTION

Thank you mamya - had sort of figured CON - deceive, but couldn't see the rest!

Perhaps you would explain 28A
"If only I could manage to hold a small probe"
Have put OTOSCOPE - 'cope' - manage, 's'- small - but the rest??

"If only I could manage" - O to cope!

+ S (Small)


Best I can do.

O to can mean 'if I could' like o to be in England etc.. otoscope is a probe.

Thank you rogerjw and to you mamya - like both of your explanations. I knew that an otoscope is a probe (for sticking in ears!)
This is only the third Times crossword I have tackled and it would be frustrating to be unable to understand the "workings". I am beginning to see how the setter's mind works! Cheers.

You're doing very well Finley.

Thank you! While you are there (so to speak) could you explain something about this site (fairly new to this too) - when I am waiting (hoping) for a reply I find I have to go 'off' the page to allow anything to come through - am I missing something?

You could press the refresh button, it won't happen unless you do something! Glad to have you on board.

Yes Roger is right 'refresh' or F5 on most keyboards will refresh your page.