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I Newspaper Cryptic #2366 - Explain Answers?

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stringph | 00:42 Mon 31st Dec 2018 | Crosswords
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Doing the 'i' cryptic crossword no 2366 by Tyrus, 16 across 'Match drawn saved season (4)' must be TIDE - but why? A drawn match is 'TIED', however 'saved' as an instruction doesn't seem to get us to the answer.

19 across 'Force half-back on trial to play' is THE TEMPEST. But why?
Thanks!
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Match = Tie
saved means insert
Drawn = D
Ti D e
Tide = season
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tide
scroll down to number 7
00:51 Mon 31st Dec 2018
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Match = tie. If something matches, it ties.
D = drawn, as in sports results, saved (included) in TIE.
Season = tide, as in time and tide.
00:51 Mon 31st Dec 2018
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LOL! Beat me to it!
00:52 Mon 31st Dec 2018
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:))
00:53 Mon 31st Dec 2018
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Struggling with the second one, though. Obviously TEST = TRIAL and The Tempest is a Shakespeare play, but I can't really get the rest.
00:54 Mon 31st Dec 2018
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The Tempest - 'the MET' (force, half [is] back) + 'pest' (trial)
01:08 Mon 31st Dec 2018
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Pest = trial?
01:12 Mon 31st Dec 2018
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Chambers Thesaurus -

pest
n
nuisance, bother, annoyance, irritation, irritant, vexation, trial, curse, scourge, bane, blight, bug colloq. pain, pain in the neck, thorn in the flesh
01:13 Mon 31st Dec 2018
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Fair enough!
01:14 Mon 31st Dec 2018

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