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Good evening.

Painful experience today.

Can I ask for help with a couple of clues please, just to get a foothold?

7a Island getting upset over EU operation (9)

9a I’m welcomed by chaps following soldiers in big groups (9)

7 The island is a favourite of crossword setters, a three-letter everyday word, followed by an anagram (upset) of the next two words. The answer means operation, as in something that is done .

manoeuvre/regiments?

Jordan, yes.

Thank you.

Is REGIMENTS the answer to 9a?

Chaps = men?

Soldiers = GIS

where do the other letters come, from?

Chaps is GENTS
Soldiers is RE (royal engineers)
IM comes from the clue.