Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

I'm not entirely happy with 28 but it's the best I can do - a word plus an abbreviation for the other part of the anagram before the removal indicator is not quite fair in my opinion.

Hi again drxx, I saw it as s in (itself => selfit).

Thanks, Ginge and Drxx. I think everything is more or less agreed now, including the opinion that this was not Ifor’s finest moment. The treatment of the first phrase was clunky, that of the second excellent (though it could perhaps have been flagged better in the preamble), and that of the third phrase was, well, OK.

Agreed rad.

ginge - I think I need a longer version of that explanation, my memory can't stretch that far!

Thanks to all for comments and help. Ifor is usually tough (for me), but fair). This seems to have been unfair.

Hi again drxx, the full clue is:
Scots legal stay, special in itself with the key point at the end.

Thanks ginge - I now see your 'selfit' was just a typo ('selfist' minus 'elf' = SIST).

... sorry, I think you were just giving the swap over of 'it/self' ('it' = 'key point' to the end with 'self' first) + S(pecial).