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[oblivio]

8ac Settle beforehand with grip (9) ?preoccupy
11ac Take a weary journey to programme with capital plot (1,4,2,3) A/???R/?T/?E?
3d Shoe makes toady hesitate (7) ?????E?

[kayakamina]

8a Preoccupy

3d Sneaker

[kayakamina]

11a A Year At Kew Anag Take A Weary

[oblivio]

Thanks kayakamina - however if 3d is SNEAKER then 8ac becomes ?N?O?C?P? so preoccupy would not fit!?

[kayakamina]

I haven't seen the puzzle and just based my answers on your clues. Strangely they all seem right but let's think again. K

[Hapus]

3d. Creeper I think - and that would fit your Preoccupy.

[kayakamina]

Hapus beat me to it! Should all fit now. K

[oblivio]

Many thanks again kayakamina and also thanks to Hapus - I can post it off now