Brilliant + many thanks to each one of your most excellent individuals. You all are a big help :-) Love seeing all of your names here, too ;-) Ciao for now, Bea :-) Now time for some Lindt chocolate with my cup of tea ;-)
Excited that worked out Buckram for 17 across- thanks to your answer of Preference Share- had more letters. Light bulb flashing moment. Buck + Ram- to beasts/animals . Buckram is a coarse linen cloth sometimes used in bookbinding. Groovy!! Fairly new to cryptic. The Express is probably the easiest cryptic yet the Telegraph is a real challenge! Ciao Rollo, pbeach and tyrepill + hope the rest of your weekend will be a brilliant one ;-) Now for that tea and chocolate ;-) Bea :-)