I *think* that I read somewhere that the 6th (unchecked) letter of 8ac is a different vowel from the one commonly used - it comes from the third truncated word describing the way that the "safe arrangement" works. I wonder whether both spellings will be accepted, given the question mark on the end?
The package is a bundle (hay or straw perhaps) and it sounds like the word for 'legal collateral', something that has to be paid while you're free and waiting to be tried....
Phil, the fuss is two two letter words at the beginning and end, with Republican and school gym lessons in the middle. I found this far more demanding than recent Everymans (Everymen?), and my lateral thinking muscles are exhausted. Good to have a realchallenge (now and then!)