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[dave1948]

15a Legal changes opposing NE Alabama are totally reactionary (4)
?A?S
Laws ? If so why ?

5d Conceal lines in the end from verses in the Bible (4)
???M

6d Chronicles chief priest seen with a woman after half the witnesses appear (8) ???O?A?A

All help gratefully received

[ladyalex]

opposing NE. Alabama =SW Alabama
Alabama=AL
swal backwards =laws

[dave1948]

Thank you Lady Alex

More help needed !

[ladyalex]

happy to help, but I'm struggling with the others :-))

[shaneystar2]

5d Palm .
Psalm ..less S end letter of lines .
To palm something is to conceal it .

[Psybbo]

panorama?

[ladyalex]

5 Palm ? as in to palm something is to conceal it and verses from the bible are psalms ???

[Captain2]

6d How about 'Panorama'

Chief (head of) priests = P
A Woman = A NORMA

just need somebody to help with the other 'A'

[dave1948]

Thank you all.

Re Panorama Not sure where the Chronicles comes in but if correct it leaves 5a (last one !) as : Grace period ? (4) A?A?

The first a is the a of panorama

[bibblebub]

6d) JEHOIADA

jeho(vahs) + i + ada

[bibblebub]

isn't the 1st letter of 5a the same as that of 5d?

[bibblebub]

Should that last clue be for 15a? For an A from 'panorama' to be the first letter of 5a would mean than 6d starts on a row above 5a, which is not the way crosswords are usually numbered.

[dave1948]

The ever brilliant Bibblebub to the rescue

The last one (and sorry for the confusion) is now
8a Grace period (4) A?E?
Is it just amen ?

[bibblebub]

reckon so, because it provides the full stop for the prayer

[dave1948]

Thank you Bibblebub

As always you come to the rescue. I couldn't see Panorama fitting the clue and I think it's time to say Amen to this crossword

[bibblebub]

V live long and prosper