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Eye Crossword Special N0 768

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Matakari | 17:16 Sat 23rd Dec 2023 | Crosswords
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Good evening, help with the following would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

DOWN:
1/74/73 Be condescending: woo with plonk and undo pants (4,4,4)

                            ?O?K/?A?N/????
6 MD escapes debasement, playing truant (8)  ???????E
9 Lordly politician has trouble subverting wrongdoing (6): ???N?S

ACROSS:
14 In US, Johnny joins group as a means of keeping things together? (6,4)
                                       ?E???R?A??
68 Desolate sex act is in the past – heartlessly tiresome (3,5): ??S???T?
76 Fortune our Brian's managed – hence millions (5,6) : ?I???R?????

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look down upon?

17:19 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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6 absentee

17:20 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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14 Rubber band

You seem to have a few wrong letters among these

17:21 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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9 Ado nis (sin)

17:22 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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76 King's ransom (Brian = King Charles III)

17:28 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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68- do you have any more letters please or have any letters changed?

Based on your pattern I can only think of WAS for the first word

17:30 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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oh scorpiojo, you've excelled yourself with that one! Well done.

17:30 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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😂 thank you, TW.

17:31 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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68 could have TI(reso)ME in there somewhere too

17:32 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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... or just end in TE

17:33 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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Lay waste

17:33 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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68 Lay (sex act) was t(iresom)e

17:34 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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lay waste??

17:34 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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Many thanks,generous helpers,  I am about to finish this one now and seek confirmation for the following:

18a Not the first BBC release (5) : ??T?E   ( UNTIE )
25a Downfall follows Tory leader's drill (5) : T?A?N  ( TRAIN )
13d Exploit having way with Chancellor (not hard) ( 5 ) : S?U?T ( STUNT )
60d Working, or knocking off? (2,3,3)  O?T?E?O?  (ON THE HOP )

62d Sort of sex approach that makes a prominent tabloid feature? (8): H?A?N?N?

20:37 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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Yes, (A)untie

20:40 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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on the JOB (remember it's PE)

20:41 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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T RAIN looks okay to me

20:41 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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18 Yes, Auntie is the common name for the BBC, drop the first letter.

60 On The Job, double definition (and you're a PE regular, you'll be aware of the smut factor!)

20:41 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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62 headline

20:42 Sat 23rd Dec 2023
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Yes St (street/way) and (H)UNT

20:42 Sat 23rd Dec 2023

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