Club Monthly

[mra1]

Ground to a halt last three days. 25 Across Writer, excellent producer of material for alternative soap O?I?L?I;
13 down Unusual birth of male unsatisfactory years after arrival T?R???O???Y;
20 down Who would be landed with extra rand to go round? ??W???R;
6 down Son of PC ??C; 7 down unknown measure reformed vast assemblies ??M?R?A;
28 across forces to drink employing ecstasy and dope S?E?S;

27 Across emoji of lynx I try now and again to replace legendary striker M?????R
I might just manage the other 3 if I get any of these!!

[JJ109]

6d Mac?
= scottish for Son of
Apple mac = PC

[Mamyalynne]

13 Arrhenotoky

[Mamyalynne]

20 Bywoner

[Lie-in King]

25a Quillai (soapbark tree) - 'quill' (writer) + 'A1' (excellent)

[Lie-in King]

27a Mjolnir (striker; Thor's hammer) - 'eMoJi Of LyNx I tRy' (now and again)

[Mamyalynne]

28 Enews

27 Mjolnir

[Lie-in King]

28a Enews (forces [a bird] into water; drink) - 'e(cstasy)' + 'news' (dope; info)

[mra1]

Many thanks folks - I obviously have 16 down wrong - not Huguenots!

[Mamyalynne]

Not quite.

[mra1]

PS To say nothing of 13 across

[Lie-in King]

14d - As French writer's hardly understood at first, leaves that for his compatriots (9)

Hugoesque - 'h(ardly) u(nderstood)' (at first) + 'goes' + 'que' (Fr. "that")

[Mamyalynne]

there's no 13a,

[Lie-in King]

You mean 12a I think -

Compound having better reduced part to perform earlier in the day (11)

Caprolactam - 'cap' (better) + 'rol(e)' (reduced part) + 'act' + 'a.m.'

[Mamyalynne]

7d Zemstva

[Lie-in King]

Well spotted Mamya :-)

[mra1]

sorry meant 12 across you are both absolutely brilliant!!!!