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LAND A BLOW

Blow is US slang for cocaine.

Jockguy and rusty-ta very much. Finished. PS-I send this xword to 2 recipients , and have done for years. If you want to be on my list to receive it just mail me and I'll add you. My mail Mike, foxgreen@sky.com

Thank you for the very kind offer, Hallgreening!
But, at present I can find time for one crossword per day, just
So, I'll just leave it.
Thanks again!

I'm having trouble getting going in the NW corner, (I'm pretty much finished everywhere else).
So could someone help me out with 6A. Arafat's apparent habit of spreading tale about sources of "the offensive Private Eye"? (3,5)

???/???E?

Looks like an anagram of TALE around first letters TOPE - haven't solved it, though!

Tea Towel - Tale, T/he O/ffensive +We,Private Eye?

Better, malone - and he always wore one on his head, didn't he?

The 'apparent' in the clue covers a multitude of sins! Tea Towel seemed slightly disrespectful, in a way, but I reminded myself that the crossword is in Private Eye.