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I'm wondering if my letters are correct for 21d. I have O?P?Y?

Hi Mattrom,

21d - Your Y is wrong.

Thanks, Brendan

I’m just not getting on the wavelength with this one. No complaints, just a description of my situation. I understand what’s going on thematically, have several entries in each category and so several pairs with their “definitions”; but nevertheless each as yet unsolved clue feels like an as yet untaken Pacific island in ‘43-‘45. Maybe I’m just tired!

I wrote a post yesterday but it didn’t appear.
I have a full grid but don’t know 10ac surname and I’m unsure of the parsing of parts of some answers e.g. “than” in 8ac and the first half of 1dn.
I had a very small horse from the far north for 20 ac until sircrispin suggested a person and since I’d already used the “horse” category I went looking. Found him, never heard of him, reasonably grateful for it!

Hi Teenieleek,

8a - the "priest" is 6 letters (not 4, like I originally thought) minus it's last letter/shortly around/acquiring "a" then 4 letter "coarse fabric" minus the extra letter.

1d - first 3 letters are a 4 letter "festival" minus extra letter then 3 letter "support" and 3 letter "rubbish" reversed/upset.

20a - What category did you put him in? I know what he does but it doesn't seem to match with any of them.

In 8ac you're looking for a word meaning "coarse fabric" which includes the last three letters. The "t" is part of the shortened priest. In 1dn the first three letters are part of a word meaning festival.
I am still stuck in the top lefthand corner. Any hints fo 1ac, 10ac, 2dn and 9dn most welcome.

This is most perplexing! I wrote a response to Teenieleek's post @36 that seems to appear if I'm signed in and disappear when I'm signed out?

Can anyone else see it? it begins ...

8a - the "priest" is 6 letters (not 4, like I originally thought) m....

Okay, there's obviously a problem so I've notified Norah.

Can someone give a 👍 if they can see this post.