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Tnx Jono for pacific and peaceful etc.

Is the pacific rim an increasingly prosperous region?

Maybe it was increasingly prosperous at the time of the original crossword? (I can't remember how old your puzzles are, sorry!)

The puzzle is from 2005. I recall Emerging markets generally were a focus for investment in the early naughties. Perhaps there was something more specific in the news when the puzzle came out.

Thanks, Jono. I thought the puzzles were old, but couldn't remember any details. The Pacific Rim places were, I believe, hugely prosperous at one point,so the clue seems fine.

Tnx Jono and Malone.

Aplogies for the old book !!

Next, 41, 20D: Comparatively irritating, and more malicious after the start. ANS: Itchier

I get itch and irritate but the rest?

(b)itchier?
Not a good clue if that's it - the deletion seems the wrong way round.

Tnx ChrisE,

I had suspected B... also. I agree...not a good clue.

Next 45, 13D: What planners need in South Bank area to get cultural activities up. ANS: Strategies.

Parse please.

SE1 (south bank area and incidentally where I live) GET ARTS all reversed. Quite neat actually.

Tnx Jono,

Did not know about SE1. I'm from D16 myself !!

The other two parts are clever. I agree...quite neat !!

Next: 46, 14A: The sort of public reaction one is out to get. ANS: Unpopularity.

I would have thought that popularity would have been the correct answer!!

Parse please.

Colm. popular people are very much 'in'! Unpopular people are...