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27 down, "What a spring ? More like a squall ! "
4 letters C?I?

also 6 down "Now ----------------------------then? Could be back to the future too ! "
8 letters ?I?E?I?E
maybe refernce to michael fox
LIFETIME or LIFELINE

27 D. A Coil is a spring, but the rest of the clue?...

6d is probably a combination of your two suggestions. Now to then would be a TIMELINE

I’ve seen squall given as a synonym of coil.

Raffles, you're on to something.
Webster's quotes Shakespeare's ''... shuffled off this mortal coil ...'' to demonstrate coil in the sense of tumult/squall

Cheers Geting - most roads lead back to the Bard.

Rafflesthegt. I'm glad my Coil works completely. I'm afraid I didn't spend much (any) time on the second part of the clue, because this publication has had some bizarre clues over the years!

Malone, I know a lot about bizarre clues - it must be an Irish thing 😀🙃

Thanks, raffles. I felt a (tiny) bit guilty as I'd assumed it was just another oddball RTE clue - and it wasn't!

Malone, never feel guilty about dismissing anything to do with RTE - it’s the greatest 'club' in Ireland 😏