st 4308 xmas

[pne]

Folks need help 27dn- 'strokes hares''; have d-s-e- dashes or dasher? 61dn - 'at the back of beyond, right to take advantage of Syrian sect '; e-u-e?
And is 8ac surpass? clue 'on French col, eclipse visible', can understand 'on french col' but why eclipse visible? Thanks in advance

[mac44]

27d. Dashes
8a, Yes, to eclipse is to surpass

[kettledrum]

61d Druse ... (beyon)D + R(ight) + use (take advantage of)

[tenflags]

Mac ?
why 'dashes' and not 'dasher' ?
I confess I don''t quite see a perfect fit between the clue and either answer but with 'dasher' the last 5 letters are an anagram of hares and dasher fits with the general xmas theme.?
please help.-

[kmcottrell]

I am going with DASHES

A stroke is a dash, and these are plural
To hare somewhere is to dash there too