Skeleton

[creamegg]

1d city, say, when it's entered crying
?a?e???t?o?

13a crikey hot model has left an old city (unsure of letter count)

16a neighbourhood a couple re-entered (as above)

13d flower cluster opening in the morning
??m?b

14d back - without socialist deceived
??d?t

[Davemano]

1 Lamentation
13 Corinth
16 A re a
13d C am river only three letters
14d should now be easy - only three letters

[fiction-factory]

if 14d is only 3 letters now, what is the pattern please?

[Davemano]

14d begins with H from Corinth

[Davemano]

The M of Cam is first letter of 17a Managed. D is last letter of 14d

[fiction-factory]

Okay- thanks. So HAD. Not sure why though yet apart from the definition

[Davemano]

The - is a Dash backwards without the S which is shown as a capital in the clue. Hence Had.

[fiction-factory]

Thanks- very clever

[Davemano]

So you can now write '- it' and people will be deceived by what you mean.

[fiction-factory]

Sorry, got to - ; will look back in later

[creamegg]

thanks x One left....

18d an extremely strange one replaces the middle duck
a?o?d

[dannyk13]

Avoid

[donny48]

avoid

[creamegg]

thanks again x