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Doug and Dinsdale (and spiny norman, sometimes of this parish) buddy?

I'm looking forward to the resolution of this, to me, impenetrable puzzle!

Buddy, try a conjunction to combine the “outskirts of Delhi”…

That sort of wordplay gets me every time.

Seems like one particular member of the PR crowd should be working this one.......

I've enjoyed the battle, Jono, but I have to admit defeat on # 11. I'll await the unveiling :))

Mattrom, don’t be faint-hearted! There are only 293 (9,7) possibilities in Chambers. Look for a house, and then an assortment of letters of another clue word

Or perhaps I should have said House …

Thanks, Quisling, it was a long scroll!
Grrrrr....

Thanks again jono, a good range of devices displayed, bravo sir.

Thanks Ginge! Sorry for the torture Mattrom! 😈

I’ll post the solution this evening unless anyone is still working on it.

Many thanks to the brave few who got to the end of this. It seems you have all finished, so just to wrap things up, here are all the…

L I T T L E T Y K E S

1. Spirting all over the place (9) stripling L
- (spirting)*
2. Crux of quantum physics shared by Max Planck initially (3) imp I
- MP hidden and initial letters
3. Cut back sides to conserve energy (7) wastrel T
- reversal of SAW + E in RL
4. Dear me playing with a cat (14) tatterdemalion T
- (dear me)* + A LION
5. Swearin’ out loud (5) elfin L
- homophone “effin(g)”
6. Second exhilarating cold run (9) scoundrel E
- S + (cold run)*
7. Beg endlessly on the outskirts of Delhi (9) dandiprat T
- D AND I + PRA(y)
8. Plunder bagging ring (9) scallywag Y
- Envelope of CALL in SWAG
9. Ground cumin (6) nickum K
- (cumin)*
10. Beat two pair securing card game (14) whippersnapper E
- WHIP + PR twice around SNAP
11. Their house with their assorted characters! (9,7) Yorkshire terrier S
- YORK (“their house”, the House of Tykes) + (their)** a letter bank (“assorted characters”)