I 2078

[dreamer56]

Last two.
10 ac Gad about during Spanish celebration-time of one's life (3,3) -L- --E
2 down After vacation, bloke's thank you letter to Greek (4) -E-- Could it be HERO?
Many thanks in anticipation.

[donny48]

10 old age

[donny48]

2 beta

[dannyk13]

2d.Beta- B(lok)e + ta(thank you)

[geevo]

OLD AGE
BETA

[Mamyalynne]

Beta

B(lok)E + Ta

[dreamer56]

Thanks Donny48! Could 2 down be Zeta or Beta? (the 'A' from OLD AGE)

[donny48]

10 (spanish celebration) ole with gad (reversed) inside

[dannyk13]

Dreamer look up ^^^^

[dreamer56]

Thanks one and all. Just saw it - vacation means take a break out of 'Bloke'- d'oh.

[fiction-factory]

I think it actally means vacate the word bloke- so take everything out apart from the ends. It's probably a common indicator but one I usually don't spot

[donny48]

FF , that is how I parsed it.

[dannyk13]

And me

[fiction-factory]

I know donny and danny- I was repsonding to dreamer's parsing at 14:19 where I think he was seeing vacation as taking a break rather than the act of vacating