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1a Not be happy with fool for breaking joint (10)

I found reference to this clue appearing in the Times on Sat July 22nd 2006, but I don’t have the puzzle number.

Makes sense - it’s SAP PRO in DIVE as suspected

Yeh, SAP PRO in DIVE makes sense, cheers.

6a. Lied about being in the lead and performing well
ON SONG

11a. Was initially unhappy to do a turn in farewell show
VAUDEVILLE

20a. Lover and lass here in spring end frolic with a tumble
CORNFIELD

(note, on this last one I can't read my own handwriting...not sure if the word is "and" or "end)

Parses for the above please.

20 (end frolic)*

It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o’er the green cornfield did pass

(As You Like It)

Actually you need the full verse to understand why spring is there…

It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o’er the green cornfield did pass,
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding;
Sweet lovers love the spring.

A very nice clue.

Thanks, so is 20a CORNFIELD cryptic or not?

6 LIED is German for SONG, but there seem to be several superfluous words in the clue

11 is complicated
VALE is farewell in Latin
LIVED - was backwards
U - initially Unhappy

Yes, its an anagram (with a tumble) of “end frolic”.