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Once again I'm looking for the Everyman (April 12). I tried adapting last week's url but that didn't work...

https://observer.co.uk/puzzles/everyman/article/everyman-no-4147

Some tricky parsing in there today. Stuck on 4d, where there's only one word that fits, but it seems to bear no relation to the clue: definition OR parsing!

4 is one of several clues I didn't love.
AFAICT, parses as reversed ("picked up") 4,3 where 4 is "muscle collective" and 3 is "commit crime'.
But I don't see a clear definition unless the clue is meant as an &lit.

OK, I'll concede the parsing works. Thanks for putting me out of my misery. Time for some household chores then ...

Geeker and Plutocrat - I think you've got 4d exactly right: reversed 4 (muscle group), 3 (commit crime), with the whole clue an &lit. Very clever ... but like so many others this week, almost impossible to get without multiple crossers, which I find annoying.
I still can't parse 12a. Again, there's only one possible answer, but I can't see how you get there from the clue. Any ideas?

Phil, 12a. Definition is "put an end to". Single letter abbreviation + "games" (2), all in "fuss" (2-2)

Hi Phil,
12a is 1,2 inside 4 (usually hyphenated, meaning fuss)

Plutocrat's link isn't working for me . Can you do the honours Jono?
Thanks in advance .

https://tinyurl.com/Everyman4147

Thanks Jono and Mattrom. Ahh, of course. I had a complete mental block over the two-letter 'games' for some reason. Maybe because I don't remember seeing it in an Everyman since this setter took over?