The Mail On Sunday Bare Bones 877

[blondiee52]

10 across Footballer fellow, more gaunt !

3 down Behold monarch - half a deity !

24 across Ring about new parking correspondent ( Two words ).

Thanks in anticipation to anybody who can help me with these last few.

[Jackdaw33]

3 Lo ki(ng)

[scorpiojo]

No letters?

[Jackdaw33]

24 Pen Pal

[scorpiojo]

24

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1644512.html

[Jackdaw33]

10 Flanker

[blondiee52]

thanks very much, Jackdaw 33 Are you a bit of a nighthawk too lol

[blondiee52]

Thank you so much for your help, your brain must be still working lol,
l think mines gone into limbo lol xx

[Jackdaw33]

Not really a nighthawk but I tend to sleep a lot during the day so am often awake in the small hours.

[sjcllb7]

10a Flanker
Can anyone explain the 'more gaunt' piece?

[dannyk13]

F(fellow) + lanker (more gaunt)

[Jackdaw33]

Lank means gaunt.