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27a. He had appeal in stacks, DJ says (5,5).
?s?a,h???s.
Isaac Hayes is all I can come up with - haystacks?

Stax Records


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Hayes

Thanks Mamya, hadn't made at connection

2d. Computers need space and brace.
I-E- (4)
I'm not getting it. Please help.

looks like IT EM - it's ringing a vague bell in relation to "brace"

Latin for "also" - so there could be two of them? Not convinced.

Thanks Chris. I couldn't get item to work for brace. May be an obscure connection.

item...as in two people in a relationship?

Better, ixion, though the derivation of "item" in English is classic!

(from Wiktionary)
"The word started as Latin item for "also", "in the same manner", and got its present English meaning by people misunderstanding usage in lists where the first entry began "In primis" (Latin for "firstly"), and the other entries each started "Item" (Latin for "also"), in former times when most learned people in England knew Latin.

Happy with that now. Thanks guys.