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7 NUALA perhaps? It's a girl's name that might be related to Fenella.

See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuala

....and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fionnuala

26a Lute - Seal.
L(earner) + Ute (pick-up truck.
You need the alternative spelling of15d

Thanks, chrise and finn.

I would never have got Nuala and although ute is in Chambers, it is buried under "utility". Why couldn't they give it a separate entry? And it would have been fairer if the clue had indicated it was an Australian vehicle. After all, Scottish words are always indicated.

I would have noticed the spelling of threep if I had understood the word play, which I still can't!

TH(A) = 'that' almost.

REEP = peer/look revolutionary (turned round)