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17d, S?a?t??, Practising austerity like some Greeks - in this part, anyway.
18d, C?r???e, explosive stuff from Conservative editor revised.
23a, R???l?s?, Artist increasingly unpopular never having shower?
24a, F?Y???, Unknown in cast making rapid progress.

spartan
cordite
rainless
flying

17 Spartan
23 Rainless - RA in less.

Thanks Trevor for help, very grateful.

Sorry ,and you malone

You're welcome, Ron - I'll need to type (and come up with the answer) faster!