Club Monthly

[mra1]

Stuck on 3 in top right corner and 3 in bottom left hand corner viz
5 ac Independence Day spurned by radical in review of thriller movie ???R??
6 down Big eater taking to heart the end of die Welt ??E?L
8 down Most of Juno O'Casey composed to hold universal rapture for old poet ??U?S?U?C?

24 across Trample Italian that is after grass P?T???
26 ac Withdrawing a bit of unknown quantity in type of kebab? S?Y??? and
21 down Mountain climbers lifted lid on eminent scientists' group T????

[Mamyalynne]

5 Swaraj - Jaws back round ar

[mra1]

Ta - that makes the first setter of 6 down a w and 8 down a j

[Mamyalynne]

6 Wheal - Whale takes the e to it's middle.

24 Potche

Grass - Pot
Italian that - Che

[Mamyalynne]

8 Jouysaunce

anag - Jun(o) O casey +u

[Mamyalynne]

26 Shyish

Y in Shish

[Lie-in King]

5a Swaraj (independence in British India) - 'ra(d)' (in) 'Jaws' (back)
6d Wheal (weal; welt) - 'whale', end of 'diE' moved to heart
8d Jouysaunce (Spenser's "joyousness") - 'u(niversal)' (in) anag 'Jun(o) O'Casey'
24a Potche (trample) - 'pot' (grass) + 'che' (It. "that")
26a Shyish - 'Y' (unknown, in) 'shish'
21d Tahrs - 'hat' (lid, lifted) + 'R(oyal) S(ociety)'

[Lie-in King]

Sorry, I should have refreshed, took too long typing :-)

[Mamyalynne]

21 Tahrs - Mountain goats

Hat(lid) back/lifted + RS (Royal Society)

[mra1]

Would have helped to speak Italian!

[mra1]

Many thanks to you both! You have made this geriatric very happy!!!!

[Mamyalynne]

Nice to be able to help.