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5ac (6) Start to compile work including rare complete texts
?o?p??

8d (Small plant in Leeds refurbished by German

??e?u?m?

16d (3) s?t someone who gets extremely tight ultimately

23 ac i want to put diagonally Instal each lad in different baler, OK?


18d (8) An old writers attributes ?s?d?b?s


its only a d if its diagonal

5a corpus (collection of written texts)
c(ompile)
work - opus
including r (rare)

8d seedling (anagram Leeds + in +G(erman)

16 so t
23 reasonable
28d ascribes

PS Peg, it took a few seconds to discover that "i want to put diagonally" was not part of the clue :0)

That reminds me....T.S.Eliot had won some sort of award and was interviewed by a young reporter, who asked "Was the award given for The Waste Land?"
"No," said Eliot, "it was for my complete corpus".




The headline next day was Eliot awarded prize for his poem "My complete corpus"

I had not heard that one, Chris.

i like to throw one in occasionally

ay it ot?

It keeps us on our toes, Peg.

Too 'ot 'ere

You're not alone peg y don, I struggled with quite a few on this.
You mentioned 18d, I haven't solved that either. Anyone know the answer?
Also stumped by:
1d. Passing over Republican 3 (6) D...t.
In case it helps, the answer to 3 is 'want'.
4d. Way to accommodate batting practice (7).
r...i.e
24d. Circle huge last letter (5).