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hi all, last to the party as usual..

enjoyed the puzzle and your comments - have managed to complete, but am yet to fully parse 27a (I've parsed the middle 5 letters) and 26a.

any help?

Hi Bagheera33,

27a That's the clue I was referring to where I couldn't see it hidden (reversed) even though I had the answer!

26a I think is a double definition, though I'm not 100% sure of that.

26a I don't think it is a double definition, just a single funny cryptic one.

thanks brendan!

26a is definitely a dd!

Hi Rossim,

Apart from the obvious facial hair definition, Chambers gives the answer as "a fastening or clasp" which doesn't seem to fit with "twirl around" - what was your thinking?

Sorry, maybe I got a bit carried away.
I was thinking of a tachometer which measures rpm.
Maybe I'm way off the mark.
It will be interesting to read fifteensquared next week.

Ah! I see what you mean - if one was going really fast, it would "twirl" around and be quite "hairy"/scary. I think that might be it Rossim, otherwise why would there be an apostrophe at the end.

I think you mean exclamation mark!

Of course, sorry - I'm tuning my guitar and, as as many of you know, I am the world's worst multi-tasker!