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Anyone out there who takes magpie crosswords?

having problem with two:

Each clue gives a word with wordplay plus an extra letter:

2ac: Crude boosters or old jacks? (7)

25 dn: Make a legal claim to block account books describing an emerging charge (7)


Any thoughts?

could you give a couple of examples of ones you've solved?
issuant?

Hi Trevor (and grid), isuant (heraldry) looks spot on:
su(e) in isa + nt (new testament), "e" extra.

Might the other be robots an anagram of booster with the "e" extra. The old definition of robot and jack are machines replacing men in terms of manual work ?

Sorry typo, issuant as trevor gave but the parsing as is.

Ignore that suggestion, wrong letter count.

thanks ginge, i was chasing my tail all the way up me own ...ahem, i just couldn't quite grasp it.
robots looks good to me.
only, 'issuant' loses a letter after the parsing and 'robots' loses a letter before the parsing - if that makes sense?
over to Grid.

reboots? losing an S from boosters?

Issuance fits the bill. Many thanks.
Now have more letters for t'other.

B--TS-S. I'm thinking bootses but can't find itin my chambers. ( haven't got latest edition). It's a horrid word!

Hi grid, without knowing this puzzle are the additional letters used to give a message, phrase or instruction ? If so by default you should be able to ascertain the "extra" letter otherwise I've ran out of ideas. "Bootses also crossed my mind since booties is a term for Royal Marines but couldn't find it anywhere to justify it, sorry.

Thanks for help. The extra R fits with the phrase, so it will have t be bootses.