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19D Benign defined as kindly.

9A & 7D both fit nicely but I can't parse.

rota = list + ran - reversed about R

balls = rot after t(ense)

Benin is a west African county (it says here)

Country (damn predicted text)

Thanks raffles

Cheers Ninja 👍

Drumsarenotnoise did you solve 12 across?
S?G?T

This is about grabbing money which makes sense (5)

I found this more difficult than usual but managed to finish without help from the forum. Being American I especially struggled with the homophone clue, which is not unusual. So 13d and 20 were co-last ones in.

1234Matt, did you want the answer to that one, 12 Across?

21dn. Prompt Victor to usurp Charlie's request (6)
By deduction I have the answer as INVITE, but where does 'Charlie' come onto this?

Q : Could Cyclops be on holiday and left the puzzle for completion by another compiler? Seems to be lacking those regular tongue-in-cheek or 'smutty' answers

21d in(c)ite => in(v)ite; phonetic alphabet.