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...and 42A. Does 48 begin with the three-letter word for "male" and is it a Maori word?

No - you need a single letter for male then an unusual bovine pluralised around an "o" All together producing shrubs

I am stuck on the final step. I have got the two non words but cannot change them to the relevant surname. Any hints gratefully received

Wordplay for 32, please? Thanks.

Cancel that I just got it

Heirs (heartlessly)

Hers with oof (old word for money inside)

Phil, if you mean "the sapiutan or wild ox of Sulawesi" it produces exactly the Maori word I was indicating by different means! I am still totally bemused by 6D, if 5A is "tootsy" : there aren't many words of the pattern OA*S and none of them seem to mean "patriots", unless it's the "last refuge of scoundrels".

Your 5a is fine. Don't forget that there are also clashes.

So is there a clash in the first letter of 6D?

Hi Barreter

Yes there is.

The answer is a short form of a word that can mean patriots- it sounds like small annoying insects.