C

[beanpole]

I've fought the good fight but could do with a little help from my friends

14d A lake-land sort of turn out for American visiting the old country (7)
C???B?A
I think is Cambria but not sure why ?

If so
17a Tie must be a complementary thing (5)
M???H the m is from Cambria
Match ?

18d Law,it's written down and preposterous (5)
??N?T
Could be tenet

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[JMR27]

Agree with Cambria...a lake land = Cumbria and replace U (sort of turn) with A (american)

[JMR27]

agree, match, double definition

[beanpole]

Thank JMR 27 for explaining my suppositions

18d Is now T?N?T which must be tenet bur why peposterous ??

[mike11111]

Tenet is a palindrome. One of the meanings of preposterous is literally inverted, reading the same forwards and backwards.

[Valanne]

Preposterous is from the Latin word which means reversed

[JMR27]

Is the clue exactly as you have typed it please?

[JMR27]

aha Valanne, now I see :o)

[beanpole]

Thank you Mike111111 ,Valanne and JMR27.

I live and learn (but very slowly)