Ev 1810

[JJ109]

1d Mineral's a short shapeless mass (4) AF??

3d Ronald kicked out of club in the South of France (4) BID?

10d Confined before food in retrospect, it attracts 16a (6) C??ME?.......16a is Puma, so I wondered whether it was something like "catmint" but with 6 letters

15a Empress's drum (7) ?A??LDO 

13a Vessel of arch-enemy lacking core function (4)SAIC (these letters have come in automatically from the crossers, but I can't parse the answer!)

Many thanks

[roslyn251254]

13a saTANic  ( tan ...maths function)

3d has a clash ...original answer midi(ron)

1d...another clash ...original answer ALUM

 

[roslyn251254]

10d catnep clashes with 16a and with unclued answer

15a matildA (down clue is aviAn)

 

[JJ109]

I ought to add part of the special instructions!

Most of the preamble does not apply to these clues as I have solved most of the endgame already. However this might "Single-letter clashes occur in 5 cells, the letters to be kept spell out who actually spoke these words". Therefore any letter that I have shown above could be wrong!

[roslyn251254]

10d is pent(confined) reversed + ac (reversed)ante cibum ...before food

[JJ109]

Thanks Ros - how does Avian parse then please? I had the central characters of aIr frANce lOVe to make avion. Thankyou!

[JJ109]

Thanks for that parsing of catnep also!

[JJ109]

I think that is the clash and A is retained rather than the O

The A in catnap, I don't thinkcounts as the clash

I am just looking for a BLC now to clash

 

[JJ109]

Thanks Ros -so now I just have to find the clash where C is retained!

[JJ109]

25d is the clash for the C

Finished many thanks Roslyn!