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[mra1]

Silly me! I thought I would manage all by myself. However have got stuck on the last three viz 17 across green type of bean in home-made bottle ?OUAD and 25 across Pod?Get - apt to burst yielding last peas SEAL? and David's tangled with one? Vast indeed! ET?N Have been through Chambers alphabetically and drawn a blank in each case. Assistance please!!

[scorpiojo]

17 Go urd

[emmie]

giant??

[emmie]

was thinking of david and Goliath
are you sure it's 4...

[fiction-factory]

Giant fits the clue but I thought the pattern shows only 4 letters, ET?N

[emmie]

i know, just a stab at it...

[mra1]

I had considered gourd but for 11 down Chambers only gives 2 spellings of DOWAR and DOUAR for tent - hence ?OUAD and the simple garment I had lifted feeling sexy inside is Dhoti (I think)

[fiction-factory]

d(hot)I certainly looks okay

[emmie]

dhoti looks right.

[Spoffy]

25 and 33 are both composite anagrams - 25: (APT + solution)* = (LAST PEAS), 33: (DAVIDS + solution)* = (VAST INDEED)

[emmie]

is the other 4 or 5?

[fiction-factory]

For the David clue, is the letter count definitely 4?

[Spoffy]

Your answer to 11d is wrong - the solution is hidden in the clue.

[sunny-dave]

ETEN is a giant - see Chambers

[fiction-factory]

must be SEALS then

[Spoffy]

Indeed.

[emmie]

well sort of right, Eten that's a new one on me
thanks SD

[sunny-dave]

Davids + eten = vast indeed

[mra1]

Spoffy you will need to spell it out for this almost octogenarian pretty please - still dont get it - the letters I have are correct

[mra1]

Thanks Spoffy regarding 11 down which explains 17 across and the Eten one but I dont get Seals!

[fiction-factory]

collective noun- pod of seals?