Times 24957...

[PuzzPuzzPuzz]

I am struggling to understand the parsing of several clues and I am stuck on these 5 clues!!! 2D Revolutionary manifesto’s reproof oddly missing, creating classic drama (8) O_E_ _ _ _A. OPERETTA? 13 Type of offender talked of becoming a grass (6) _ _ _E_L. 7 Trio making up XI before a Test (4) _I_A. 21 Right-wing American pacifist into New Age (6) P_O_O_. 22 Solid line kept afloat in sound (6)

[sandyRoe]

7 Viva (voce) ?

[PuzzPuzzPuzz]

Got 2D now.

[roslyn251254]

2d oresteia - anagram - take out odd letters of manifestosreproof

[PuzzPuzzPuzz]

Now I have 13A as well.

[mortg2jl]

13 = CEREAL (serial)... No idea on 21. I've N-O-O-

[sandyRoe]

21 neo con?

[JMR27]

22a cuboid

[PuzzPuzzPuzz]

Ahh, homophone, CUE + BUOYED. Thanks.

[mortg2jl]

Thanks, Pal (estini). NEOCON is Neo 2 me !

[ichkeria]

"2d oresteia - anagram - take out odd letters of manifestosreproof "

It isn't an anagram, it's just the letters left when you remove the odd ones, in order.

[Syntax]

7 is 'viva'. Trio making eleven is V+I+V=XI (5+5+1=11). Plus 'a'. Viva (voce) is an oral examination

[mortg2jl]

I want to thank Palestini, but I've had six E-mails telling me to "leave a note of
thanks at the bottom of the thread! " - whatever that might mean. Crossword clues are difficult enough; computer gibberish is impossible. I think Theseus was at the end of his thread; I'm at the end of my tether.