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26a Be marked, cut by one Bavarian with sword (8)
Looks like 'scimitar' but I can't parse it.

SCAR - be marked
I - one
MIT - "with" in Bavaria

Thank you ChrisE, it was the Bavaria bit that I couldn't work out.

Also puzzled by the part of speech. Wouldn't the clue need 'scarred' rather than 'scar' to mean 'be marked?'

21a British bombshell in France and county here (6)
Looks like 'Dorset', but can't see why.

Diana DORS, British bombshell (years ago!)++Et, 'and' in France.Dorset, county here.

Diana Dors was a British blonde bombshell.
"And" is "et" in France.

Thank you, British bombshell = Dors is a terrible clue, no idea who that person is/was.

Thanks, StrangelyBrown. Like you, I don't like clues with ancient references, especially if the 'ancient' isn't indicated! I'll see if you like this one, from the current Spectator puzzle.

11 D. One hoarding for kids' TV show (6)


The show ended 40 years ago!

Diana Dors was originally called Diana Fluck. There's a story of the mayor of her home town (Swindon) making an unfortunate Freudian slip when introducing her at an event that she had returned to. I can't really be more specific here, though!