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[Griceratnumber9]

Struggling with a couple. 17a. I'll do a turn welcomed by king twice or character representing him . I have Ro--r. On the basis that 9d is teasel. Can't parse 16a.

[JJ109]

Roger = ego reversed inside RR, and unknown to me Roger is abbreviated to R = character representing king

[JJ109]

There isnt a 16a! Do you mean 16d?

[JJ109]

16d Arrestee(one nicked in NewYork) = Arr(iving) + estee(M) (reputation slightly reduced)

[Griceratnumber9]

Thanks. I just couldn't parse roger! Also my mistake the teasel was 9d 

[JJ109]

9d Teasel parses as

Teasel (dried flower head) = as (for example)"in" teel (sesame)

[Griceratnumber9]

Many thanks.

[newmodarmy]

I thought at first the GO may be from turn. RR from Kings said already.. 

No...prefer the EGO explanation, but I don't see the definition of Roger. Is he the setter? Does R or RR stand for Roger?

[Neveracrossword]

NMA, from Chambers... 'roger... a word used in signalling...for R in the sense of received and understood.'  I thought ' the king' gave us R, rex and  that R also represented Roger, so the 'character representing him'.

 

 

 

 

 

[newmodarmy]

Yes forget my Roger as the setter as 'I' had already been used for EGO.

The position of twice suggests its only the R in King that's used twice. 

I don't get where the Roger as in understood comes in...there's no okay orinderstood in the clue.

I'm still not sure of the definition... is it just 'him'?