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I'm not getting on with Everyman very well this morning, don't know if I have finished it or not!
21D
One story, not good, about Newton (6)
I-A-C
should be Isaac but why not good?
the next two both rely on the same H
22A
Insect returning in rush to mate (4)
_O_H
if moth, why?
19D
Careless and casual in fling (6)
If it's shoddy, why the odd?
?H?D?Y

THANKS

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22 hidden backwards

I wondered about the ODD too.

19D sh odd y

Shy- fling
odd - casual

Thanks, that's better!

I suppose ODD may be some sort of reference to dressing casually and looking odd or something...don't really get it. An odd manner?

I looked up 'casual' in Bradman's Dictionary to check and it gave 'odd' there.

odd and casual can both mean occasional.

Completed but have problem working out parsing for;

Thick skinned creature, old crocodile initially in river emerged without energy.....rhinoceros ... but how?

and

Clubs entertained by broadcast on trivia of a bygone age.... victorian .... how?

on trivia + C (Clubs) anagram

OC inside Rhine (RIVER) + Ros(e) emerged without e or energy

Anagram of on trivia with C (clubs)

Old Crocodile "originally" in RHINE (river) and ROS(e) - emerged with out energy