Beelzebub 129

[Neveracrossword]

21 D. British occupying somewhat over half of old boggy province (6)
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(I can see 'Quebec' but have no reasoning - I could be totally wrong.)
30 A. Right-winger promoting corporal punishment? (7) ??r??er
(Striper, striker, something else?)

Any help appreciated.

[bibblebub]

21d) put B inside queec(hy)

[frugalfred]

Striker, I guess, as in football.

[bibblebub]

30a) Bircher

someone who uses a birch / member of the John Birch Society, an American anti-communist group

[frugalfred]

Good one, Bibblebub!

[bibblebub]

it makes it easier when one has already done the crossword

[frugalfred]

I've done ST Meph and Cryptic today. Tim Moorey in the Meph has been his usual self - "todger", "willy-nilly" "lavs".

[bibblebub]

It's been years since I last bought the ST so I'm not familiar with the compliers.

[bibblebub]

compliers ... i'm sure that it's the keyboard that gets squiffy and not me

[frugalfred]

Worry ye not, bibblebub. I'm three parts through a bottle of Merlot!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, everyone.

[bibblebub]

you're very welcome