Help Please.

[Cryptical]

2d.The key to daydreaming?
I've got escape m???a?i?m?.
Thanks in advance.

[scorpiojo]

Mechanism

[Neveracrossword]

Mechanism

[dannyk13]

Escape mechanism

[MargoTester]

Escape mechanism

[Cryptical]

What is 16a.
Where vehicle goes round with awful racket.

[dannyk13]

Race track = car reversed + anagram of racket

[Neveracrossword]

Race Track? (Car+Racket, anagrammed. I think!)

[Hussar]

FAO Margo: Any gen on Retro - have not seen him on AB for ages, although I've not been on so much as busy jobwise

[Sipowicz]

Naughty step!

[dannyk13]

Hussar , he is suspended.

[Hussar]

Thank you danny and sipo - didn't realise you could be suspended from AB!!

[MargoTester]

Hi Hussar - sorry for late reply lunch intervened! As the others have said he's on the naughty step. Last time I heard from him he was fine and sent all his crossword friends his kind regards .

[dannyk13]

Hi Margo, hope he is still OK.

[MargoTester]

Hi Danny - I'll send him an email and let you know. We're of to Norfolk on Monday and he sometimes takes a while to reply so it may be after I get back on Thursday x

[RED1]

Escape mechanism

[Neveracrossword]

See earlier answers.

[dannyk13]

Thanks Margo