26d here's a bird you might hear about 4 R?E?
23d Gag you'll hear concerning such a miserable one 6 ?E???
22a but it shall be shortly 5 ???L? (I have twill
29a not easy for this one to come out of it's shell 4 ??A?
Hello fiction-factory - I have ways, it's good, the clues here are in the bottom right hand of the grid, my 'ways' were in the centre ;} and there you were thinking of me ... ahhhh :) I finished it yesterday at tea time
Well weren't ye great to think of me, my eyesight's not so great at best of times and I see the monitor better than the printed clue, had I seen low and not long I would have thought different. I must root out the crossword and tippex, thank you both for the help I didn't think I needed ;)