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Hello, Elle!
Was with Misses O and La Bamba to Pine Cone.
They approve of the new buggy!
I have finished the puzzle, too.
A good one.
There are one or two of the parses not quite solved to my satisfaction.
One you may know, as it may be London related!
Not looked at any sport yet. Just home!

Hi, Rusty!
We are home, too, now!
We have been out for a walk with the dog.
Daughter and grandsons are on their way back home .......hopefully, without mishap!
They have strict instructions to text just as soon as they arrive.
I am glad that the "buggy" got the girls' seal of approval!
Did you all go out in it?
Which clue is it that you are querying?
I may be able to help, unless it happens to be one of the four that have me stumped!
I have the answers, just not the means to getting there!
I am persevering .......
And I still have the Jumbo GK to do.
Goodness, it is quiet here.......we shall miss them all!

Vuelta team time trial today. They haven't had one in the TdF for some time - anti Team Sky policy?

Hello, Elle!
Your daughter sounds sensible, I am sure she shall text to let you know of their safe arrival.
Yes, all out in the buggy.
Girls are impressed!
I think my parses are OK, now.
For 13a, I am now presuming that "disk" is the letter "o".
If so, all's well.
My main perturbance now is, 4d.
I have "swine" for the answer with "ne" for Newcastle area, the North East.
So, that leaves a parse for Victoria being "swi".
I was thinking OZ for a while, but I know there is a Victoria Station in London. Is there a district in SW1 called Victoria, d'you know, or am I back at the drawing board?
The clue has "areas", plural, so is that SW1 + NE?

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, to both those queries!
For 13 a: I have "notebook" = "thin computer" (def)
o - disk
bet (reversed ) - lay
and for 4d; yes, Swine= coarse people (def)
SW1 for Victoria, London
NE for Newcastle.

I am still stuck on parsing 20a: I have "engineer" = " plot" , but cannot parse further?
and for 12D: "participate" = "to share"
but stuck on the parsing?
Where am I going wrong?

Hello, Elle!
Fair enough, Newcastle is North East, but I do think I should be expected to know Victoria is SW1.
20,A,
On =re.
heading off kindly = (b)enign
English = E
Reverse it for "engineer".
12, the lorry is an "artic"ulated.
Annoyance is get the "pip"
Annoying = ate.
Participate.
Lovely afternoon here!

Elle,
Mind you, I know Wimbledon is SW something and Arsenal and Spurs play in North London!
And Lyn MacDonald lives in North London!

Hi, Rusty!
And you know all about St. James' Park - and the various "Jameses" .........Great (er) and Less (er).....
And the Tower of London!
Btw, Wimbledon is SW19 and the Tower of London is EC3!
( And you've heard of Bromley! )
Thank you for explaining those parsings so clearly.
Yes, I do understand now...but I must admit that if I'd tried "till the cows come home", I would never have got either of them!
A beautiful afternoon here, too!
But it's been a mite chilly today.

Senior moment (this is catching), Elle!
In my previous post I meant " I do not think I should be expected to know Victoria is SW1 !
I did not know there was a district called Victoria IN London!

Don't worry, Rusty, I knew what you meant, in your later reference to Victoria!
I realised that you had omitted the "not" when typing!
I 'read' it as you intended it, not as you'd written it!
(But in any case, you knew that there was a railway station so called)
My daughter has just phoned to say they are back home!
The journey took four hours as the traffic was so bad!
Still, the main thing is that they all arrived safely!