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9a

Article ensuring independence abandoned when changing side

(3. 7)

T?E
?U?N?R?

It's a football side
Anagram minus one letter.

...after 'article', that is

I’m not able parse 10a correctly. What are corporations here? Is it smut or smit? Everything else parses ok.

Hi Mathi, corporations are 'tums', slang for stomachs

Thanks. Thought so. I only knew about tums as a corporation that makes antacids, not as a generic definition.

I'm puzzled by the exact parsing of 3d....

Nobleman taking year to be concerned about lough in part of Ireland (6,5)

I've got the answer and I can get all the first word and the first letter of the second word, but can't see how "lough" = the last 4 letters?

Concerned is care. Lough is l, as in L. Ness, I think

Ok, I've figured it out. I didn't realize that 'L' was an accepted abbreviation for "lough", but Chambers gives it so all's well.

Thanks Mathi, I fell victim to the 'poster's curse' - whereby you stare at a clue for eons, then see it within seconds of posting!!