Enigmatic Variations 744

[lector]

1a) American relative's unaltered (4 letters divided into two words, starts with letter 'A') 12a) Boy accepts pound for tool (6) starts letter 'P' 18a) + 32a) Earl's thrown steel trap in river (6 letters in total - answer is hyphenated, most likely 3 hyphen 3 - first letter is 'E')

[magistra]

1a) as is

[Aquagility]

12a P(L)iers = pliers

[crofter]

18a etc Eel Set

[lector]

thank you for that one -- (so, much easier to understand when you have the answer!)

another couple, then -

2d) Black not ready when called (4)
S _ _ _

3d) Agreement about snatching kiss - it's exciting (4)
S _ _ _

[lector]

thank you Aquagility and crofter

[logogriph]

32 - Eel-set (E+ STEEL anag) - is a trap for catching eels

[logogriph]

3 - sexy

[Argee2]

3 down Sexy

[crofter]

Sexy - YES<<< about X

[lector]

2d) letters now are SL?E

so is it 'sloe' ----- if so, can someone explain?

[logogriph]

I don't like it, but I think the last one is SLOE (i.e. sounds like SLOW = not ready)

[Argee2]

Sounds like slow?

[lector]

more ....

14a) Leave without having sex (4) ?X??

22a) Regiment take away old relative (3) ??E

26a) Lecturer a long time accepting new American actress (5) ??A??

[lector]

thank you to everyone so far (too many names to list individually)!

[JoolsTwo]

22 Exit?

[lector]

thanks JimJools

[JoolsTwo]

That should have been 14a

[logogriph]

22 - eme (reme - r)

[lector]

logogriph - dont quite understand that one

what does eme mean?

(my dictionary says it is a linguistic 'add-on' - french)

[logogriph]

You probably need a better dictionary - Chambers is my preferred - or as per Onelook:-

Quick definitions (eme)

(n.) An uncle.