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Only one to go now: 16d Bad informer in dreadful dither (5-4). Have t-i-d, -a-e. Any help appreciated.

Third rate

anag - dither + rat (informer)

Third Rate, bad performer.

Got it - 'third rate'. Thanks anyway.

I finished the xword early this morning, but cannot fully parse this one ......
11D: Words of love, unconvincing in wetness , go awry (5,8)
The answer is 'Sweet Nothings' = words of love (def)
and appears to an anagram of 'in wetness go' + T and H
but if so, where have the T and H come from , please?
Or is my reasoning all to pot?!

Unconvincing = Thin
and anagram with Wetness and Go

I get it! Thanks Malone- so simple when pointed out to me! it was having the word 'in ' already there that threw me - stopped me looking for an alternative,
It's been bugging me all day!

Glad I could help, Elle.