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Helen
I am not sure, but the answer is another word for a flag and also , In music, ia musical composition of established popularity

I think that’s it Jazzgirl, two definitions by example for the two different meanings. The ‘pun’ being that The Red Flag is also a socialist song …

T-wrong!hanks, both. I sort of got that, but thought there might be something deeper

Sorry, cursor wandered. The 'wrong' should have come at the end.

Quite a good one for me today (I know it’s only just today but I’m in Montreal on holiday & jazz festival), I completed it all without hints although I was lost on the parsing of 6d, many thanks Jazzgirl.
Thanks to Everyman and have a good week all. We’re promised a special large Brendan next Saturday, I might have completed Paul’s offering yesterday by then!

Thanks, jazzgirl: I had the solution to 6d but couldn't fathom the syntax till you kindly parsed it for us!
All done now, but I still can't account for the second "M" in 18ac. Anyone care to explain?

@david
re 18a. I cannot account for the second M :(

Hi David,
The last 3 letters are not an anagram of tea, but rather the last 4 letters (including that M) are a word for a tea-like infusion.

… often the last e is written with an accent é

Thanks jono. I had
not heard of that but google shows it is made from the dried leaves and stems of the Ilex paraguariensis plant.