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Stuck on the unclued 9d F?NC?..............can't see anything that will go with an anagram of the themed word
fence? finch? fancy?

It is fence.
Without giving up the 5 letters, the word that is synonym is:

Put consonants in alphabetical order and then insert the vowels in positions 2 and 4.

Look up the second meaning in Chambers.

Thank you sunray....I thought that synonym went with 20a cure....need a rethink?

Sorted now!

27a Native Americans mingle with bloodhounds (7) MI?T???
28d Human body lacking bone (3) ?L?

I'm not sure if you want hints or just the answer

27a Def. is Native Americans. A word for 'mingle' + an abb. for 'bloodhounds' (not dogs)

28d Starts with C. An obscure word for the human body minus A

I am not seeing this at all. I have all the clued entries but before I looked at this thread I had just two unclued entries ( 1 across and 6 down where there could be no alternatives ) and thanks to the posts above I now have another two. The long one at 43 across is totally eluding me because the obvious answer means I can find nothing for 30 down. At the moment I have ?eas??e for that. ( Conversely the various alternatives I can find for 30 down mean I can't find anything for 43 across. ) Are the nine words suggested by the unclued entries all five letter words which are anagrams of each other or am I missing the point entirely as usual?

Hi always

The unclued answers each have a synonym of 5 letters.

Each individual synonym is an anagram of the same 5 letters.

The easiest one to get to help is 40a- it is the first word of a Beatles song about an author with the c changed to an R (and made plural)

Sorry I meant 43a

Thank you for that Djawhufc. I shall have another look once i have finished some work which is wanted asap.