Ft Crossword 15294

[mikem004]

I am having problems with this one, by Goliath.

4d,21d) Isn't MacDuff in a hole? There's a source of material (8,6)
O-E-C-S-/------
"open(cast min)ing"?

22a) An outfit cuts retrogressive political symbol (8)
-W-S----
"swastika", maybe?

19a) Jane Austen's life, a memoir starts appearing in London, perhaps (8)
ca(lam)ity?!

[scorpiojo]

4/21 yes - anag isn't Mac + opening
A kit saws reversed
Yes - city around A l a m (Calamity Jane)

[aelmpvw]

cast min anagram of mac isn't

[mikem004]

Down to the final two...I am not on Goliath's wavelength today.

7d) As a contribution to a rising economy, no dues paid to Goliath, for one (9)
P-E---N-M

25a) Brown primarily chosen as PM after Blair's invasion levelled Iraq twice? Yes! (10)
-A-A-I-I-Y

[scorpiojo]

Pseudonym reversed in clue

[scorpiojo]

25 ..first letters of clue

[scorpiojo]

..Capability

[mikem004]

Thanks.
So Goliath is a pseudonym? A bit tenuous, that.

[scorpiojo]

GOLIATH

Goliath is the pseudonym of Samer Nashef for crosswords in the Financial Times.