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[JC26]

ive vending machine? -A-D -E-- Silver, nickel & potassium? M--- & to complete are often this colour - although theyr'e no longer made of it?---S-S-E-- Thanks

[Littlegem]

16a tortoiseshell
21d metals

[factor-fiction]

Hi- please can you set them out on separate lines? I can't work out if two clues are connected

[ceilog]

Metals tortoiseshell

[factor-fiction]

Now I'm totally confused!

[Littlegem]

6d Hard sell

[factor-fiction]

So the first clue looks as if it should start with ICE...

[JC26]

Thanks for your help

[Baldric]

3. Remember: Not everyone will have a copy of the crossword in front of them, so please write the clue EXACTLY as it appears, the number of letters required and which (if any) you already know e.g.
Excellent on-line resource for answering questions (10) A?SWE?B?NK

[factor-fiction]

Happy to help when I can. I assume some of your dashes for missing letters didn't appear

[Littlegem]

factor -fiction: the first clue is actually nothing like what JC26 has written. It is in fact " Aggressive vending technique "

[factor-fiction]

Thanks- that makes sense now, littlegem.

[Baldric]

M--- seems to be Metals
---S-S-E-- seems to be Tortoiseshell

if you must use - instead of ? at least try and put the right number of them,
it helps!