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Thankyou Raffles but I'm not my usual self, obviously. Any chance a second clue?

Hi Gtonka,

Raffles may well come on here and correct me, but I think he's making a homophone of the B-52's song Private Idaho

Bren, I think he may be looking for a bonus hint for 1a, and if so, Gtonka, whatever you’ve got sounds vile 😉

Oh you guys! I think I've seen it. Ta

Gtonka 👍 if you’re a lady person, then my humble apologies

Rafflesthegt - a 'lady person'? Good grief!

Geeker @56

Thanks for the link and info on Across Lite - much appreciated:-)

In Response to (brendan)
Got it. I did wonder how much of the UK centric news and satire you'd be famiiar with.

I think it's niche even for many UK residents.

I did actually visit their office in Soho, many years ago. I'd designed….

Great anecdote, thanks for sharing. If this was the R forum on stackoverflow the post would undoubtedly be deleted by one of the moderators for being off topic ( even though it’s not) but hopefully this forum’s equivalents are less power-crazed.

Could anyone help, pretty please with sugar on top?
I'm stuck on the following.
Could you help me understand the clues & how the questions are phrased?

14 down
They could well be toxic, contemptible types and picks (10)
T?A?S???L?

19 across
Material of robe forced round arse (7) B?O?A?E

22 across
Quiet, extreme leftwinger's piece (5) S?R?D

24 across
Old Hollywood star's flipping tabloid stink (5) G?R??

Thankyou in advance.

14 down should read "Contemptible types and pricks"