Thanks Jazzie, scorpiojo, Mags, etc...!
Where WOULD I be without you. Amazingly, I often find that merely getting in touch with you clears my head.! For some reason I could only guess at 'Venus' (goddess)
for 20a..the penny dropped as soon as I 'posted'.! So did the overnight facility.! (17d).... 8a had me stumped though. Many thanks R-Timers.
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