Everyman 3906

[VivianD]

I am finding this week's one incredibly difficult.
Really stuck on:
5d What's given to yobs? Sprits, lagers, wine? --o-t/-----/----k
23a Pair of kings you could do better 3-3?
I have also got "show boat" for 5a: Musical Parade 4,4?
12d surely is George Bush : President of Spain in canyon with scrubland. But where does the"e" come from?

[JJ109]

Short Sharp Shock
tut-tut
show boat
Espana = spain

[Toorak]

Short sharp shock
Tut tut
Show boat
The e comes from Spain (e)spana

[elliemay1]

23 tut-tut

[VivianD]

Many thanks! Still not mightily impressed by the clues. Why would "of Spain" mean "Espana"? "of" in Spanish is "de"? No matter, I suppose.

[Toorak]

‘Of’ just refers to how the solution is constructed

The e represents Spain