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[hankir]

Please help with three clues

6d.Transfer to adjust balance giving the old man energy (4)
?IRE

26d. Deserts or nameless features thereof (4)
?UES DU(N)ES?

28, Uxorious husbands abound there, principally, abroad (4)
UTA? Utah?

Thanks.

[dannyk13]

26d,Yes Dues

[Togo]

H(usband) at U(XURIOUS Principally

[dannyk13]

28.Utah - t(here) +a(broad) inside U(xorious)&h(usbands)

[Nodger]

6d Latin for 'man' plus energy (e)
28a Yes - Utah - initial letters in clue (principally)

[Togo]

Sire? Sir E(nergy)?

[Toorak]

Vire

[dannyk13]

Latin for man is Vir.

[Togo]

Shot Toorak. Vire

to transfer a surplus from one account to cover a deficit in another, to make a virement.

[hankir]

Thank you all.
Utah: Principal letters give UHAT. There is no indication you have to shuffle them. Abroad is too broad a def for a state in USA.

[Mamyalynne]

Abroad is also an anagram indicator, which then makes the first part of the clue do double duty as both giving the principal letters and an 'an lit' of the answer.

[Mamyalynne]

'& Lit'

[hankir]

Thanks mamyalynne.
Now I know that abroad is also an anagram indicator.

[Togo]

U H abound (be crowded with)..... there(at) . Nice Clue.