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23a. Mooring post you measure on river

? ? E ? E ?K

19d. When climbing, fears icy pinnacle S ? ? ? C

23 Ryepeck
19 Serac, icy pinnacle. It's 'Cares'. fears, reversed ('climbing')

23a I also need help with this, and its parsing

19d Serac ... A new word to me ... Which gives R at the start of 23a

I should have said that a ryepeck is a mooring post. It's R = river, ye = you and peck = measure (an old one).

Our posts crossed, Steve.

Mallone, can you parse 23a please

And then my last one is 4d e?e?
Quits contest without finishing (4)

... But I admit I haven't checked the other st threads ... Just about to ...

And crossed again! Thanks Malone.

Just 4d to go.

Even(t)

Glad I could help, Steve.

Aah, thanks mamya. I made the mistake of seeing 'quits' as the verb.

All done, so now it's time for today's Times crosswords. Our work is never done ...