This has lost me this week. Theme seems to be nursery rhymes. I think 2dn Time to get in wiser old hand (6) ?T???R is stager. Other clues bounce of others, if it helps I think 1dn is LOVE and 4dn is VIRTUE . I appreciate this is not much help. The hint is "the entrie for 1,4 and 26 can be deduced from the following: according to the 14,10 two ingredients of 4,1 and two of 4, 26 are the solutions to four other clues. 14,10 is nursery rhyme. er.. help