Iq 1680

[hankir]

Help on these three clues. May have an extra letter.
4d.Print measure upsetting for one Royal Family member (6)
17a. I’m surprised about article being cut (4)
30d. Drive Dicky’s coach (5) Drill? Parsing?

Thematic clues:
Ask jockeys in front to give up (7)
Figure in present or past time (8, 2 words)

What does paired off mean? Take two answers and join them?

[ProfessorMaisie]

4 ENNAGE
17 GASH
30 DR+ILL (= slang 'dicky')

[ProfessorMaisie]

FORSAKE (anag 'ask' inside 'fore' = front).
STONE AGE [(to) present = (to) stage around 'one'].

[ProfessorMaisie]

You have to pair the 12 thematic answers, hankir - the six pairs have the thematic elements in the middle and the letters on the outside make up the grid entries (all real words).

[hankir]

Thanks ProfessorM.

I have 6 extra letters from across clues. I think I need 4 more.
11 from down clues which make two words.
How many words from across extras?
Still half of Thematics to solve.

[ProfessorMaisie]

10 extras in the across clues, hankir - 4 words (dodgy grammar!).

[ProfessorMaisie]

...I think you already know what they are.

[hankir]

Thanks ProfessorM.
I have the phrase from extra letters.

There are 24 Thematics which would make 12 pairs.
Some shaded unclueds can have only one word.
Row 6 can be a name. column 8 can be gin.
But first I need to solve all of them.

[ProfessorMaisie]

Of course there are, hankir - sorry! Have I mentioned my little problem with numbers before?...and my memory, if it comes to that.

[ProfessorMaisie]

You're right about the 'name' and the 'booze', they split like this -

??[???/??]??? - the 'name' is outside the brackets [thematic inside].

???[???/??]?? - the 'booze' is outside [thematic...].

[hankir]

Thanks again, ProfessorM.

I may be back a couple of hours later.