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[Matakari]

Some help with the following, please!
ACROSS:
20. Inform about Italian singer who's first knocked off drinking near Bermuda(8): ?R??SS?
29. In odd places Agoul�me's partly open for Scots ( 4 )
?GE?
37.Man, an island? Yes!(6): ?TA?
39. Unctuous sermon with no introduction(4):?IL?
DOWN:
2. Centilitre(wine) about to be divided into parts(7)
????T?C
3. Player formerly greeting Southern group(7):????R?O
19. Island flowers ignored by Spain4):???S
Many thanks in advance!

[sarumite]

A bit tenuous perhaps? ....

39. Sermon .. Homily (minus HM .. introduction?)

= OILY (Unctious)?

[slaney]

20. Think of a word meaning inform and reverse it (minus one letter) + italian word for bass - who's first knocked off, that is minus it's first letter.
The word in the clue is "drink" rather than "drinking", and means sea in this context.

[sarumite]

... apologies for typo ref Unctuous! ;O)

[slaney]

'Morning sarumite - you are correct.

The instructions for this crossword state that in the across clues the wordplay leads to the answer with an extra letter.

[sarumite]

Many thanks slaney .. I wondered if there might be additional wordplay involved.

[Quizmonkey]

The person has asked for so many answers it's obvious that advanced thematics, and any form of preamble, are way out of her league...

[Matakari]

Many thanks for the help! Any more hints will be appreciated. The link to this puzzle:

http://www.crossword.org.uk/work.htm

[Beatrice35]

Quizmonkey- told you before now- swing onto another branch + take your pathetic comments elsewhere as there is no need for your kind of vitriol. Are you so inadequate a person QM that all you can do is take the mickey out of others to boost your own fraglie ego?! Go and parlay with some Hyenas !
Matakari- ignore this foolish quizmonkey please. Warmest wishes , Bea :-)

[Matakari]

Thank you, Beatrice! I do sympathise with Quizmonkey, though, and wish that he could let his humanity show sometimes! I wonder why he selected the name "Quizmonkey"! To gloat over other's weaknesses? I hope not! I will follow your advice and just ignore his rantings and ravings! Incidentally, have you had a look at this puzzle? I am seeking hints for my own edification!

[dr b]

I fully understand the paradox in saying "no one should work these puzzles until they're able to work them," but I also understand the reaction when someone asks for the answers to more than half the clues in a puzzle. Some hints:

29: clue actually reads "Angoul�me's"; odd (or even) can mean take every other letter.

37a wordplay is Man + an

2d wordplay is Centilitre + (wine) + about

3d wordplay is greeting + Southern + group

19d answer is an island