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[mra1]

16 down Morose Frenchwoman stops exuding warmth and light - S?M???L? (The only word I can get is sombrely but cannot parse it 20 down print worker brought over celebrity's account C?S?M?N: 13 across first duty perhaps for groups in biology ?A?A: 17 across leaves gatherer maybe wastes energy filling hole in manner of speaking P?A?R?T and 22 across Harry Potter's targets must include scoundrels B???C?W ?O?S (some kind of boys? I have been scratching my head over these last 5 for hours (16, 20 and 22 are interdependent)

[Quizmonkey]

13 Taxa

[Quizmonkey]

16 Su(mme)rly

[mra1]

Thanks a lot Quizmonkey

[Oldred]

20d caseman

[Mamyalynne]

Prakrit

Rak(e) in Pit

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/prakrit

[mra1]

Thank you Oldred. I now have ??R?C?W BOYS for 22 across

[Lie-in King]

Hi mra1 - I had a quick look & think you may be showing the wrong pattern?

22a Yellow dogs (scoundrels) - 'yellows' (potter's targets; snooker, must include) 'dog' (harry) (?)

[mra1]

Hi Lie-in-King - that's me just back - thanks for your input - I must be wrong but I have COPRA for 23 down - flaky stuff in older part as evenly selected - was thinking coconut as flaky - requires a rethink! Have you any idea about 17 across by the way

[Lie-in King]

23d Lepra (flaky stuff on plants) - even letters of 'oLdEr PaRt As'

I'll have another look at it for 17a...

[Lie-in King]

Mamya has answered 17a ^^^^

[mra1]

Thanks Lie-in King!

[Mamyalynne]

17a Prakrit

Rak(e) in Pit

[Mamyalynne]

Bad parse

Rak(e)r in Pit

[mra1]

Many thanks Mamyalynne

[Mamyalynne]

Your're welcome.

[Lie-in King]

What she said :-)

[mra1]

Thanks Lie-in King - you are both brilliant - don't know what I would do without you.