Daily Mail 19.08.09

[denby04]

1 down: Clear up river to get permanent job (6) T?N???
12 across: Exceptionally good regiments (4) ??R?
17 down: 13 complicates hiding this space A?E? (area? = if it is linked to 13 across the answer to that one is hearing aid)
27 down: Sounds like saint's shroud (4) ?A?L (pall?)
Many thanks in advance

[Gandolf34]

1. Tenure
Paul is correct - St Paul

[johnalex]

12a Rare . . . . RA + RE

[denby04]

Thanks Gandolf34
That makes 12 across R?R?
27 down: Paul or Pall. Paul is a saint but Pall is a shroud (I hate these double meaning answers).

[littlegriff]

17d area yes, (anagram of a ear = hearing aid)

[kayakamina]

Area ...remove hiding from hearing aid & anagram

[denby04]

Thanks ALL. Just need confirmation of 27 down to complete.

[Gandolf34]

27 As it sounds like the saint, the answer should be the shroud

[johnalex]

27d PALL . . . . not Paul, only sounds like Paul

[gags]

27d Pall - a shroud and sounds like a saint (Paul)

HTH

[denby04]

Many thanks especially for the explanations. PALL it is.

[kayakamina]

Denby

The definition (should) always appear at the very beginning or end of the clue.
So here, shroud has to be the definition.