The Week 859

[chiefyb]

Can anyone help me out of jam on three interlinked clues in bottom left ...
18d - Artillery troops near European capital, one lost in battle - r.v.s.. ?
22d - Gadget partly working? Is mostly - g.o.. ?
27a - Claim without justification in Yorkshire town needing no introduction - .r.....e ?

[glasman]

22d Gismo

[kettledrum]

18d. Ravenna ... RA + V(i)enna

[kettledrum]

27a. Arrogate ... (H)arrogate

[sandyRoe]

(H) arrogate

[glasman]

27a Arrogate

[chiefyb]

Sorry - finally realised I had filled in 25 across wrongly, with Unions instead of Unison. Now have the answers I asked for - Ravenna, Gismo and Arrogate, in case anyone else is struggling.

[chiefyb]

PS: Well done Kettledrum for getting them all in spite of the mis-steers.

[Obijon]

Hi. You made the same mistake that I originally made with the answer to 25a - there is another anagram which means group of workers (also beginning with "uni") which will then give some different letters in 18d and 22d. The answer to 27a is not a word that I knew, but I don't think there are too many Yorkshire towns with 9 letter names. If you are still stumped let me know and I can give you the answers.

[chiefyb]

Got there in the end, thanks Obijon