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Matakari | 20:19 Thu 13th Feb 2025 | Crosswords
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Good evening, I seek help for the following thanks in advance:

13a    Auntie putting end of thumb on buzzer (4)  :??E?

15a    Idiot and old spies regularly billed as ‘potentially connected’ (10) : ?S??LI??L?

20a    Footballing great from Lazio once collared by detective (7) : ?UAT?N?

35a    Enthusiastically start distributing inoculant around hospital (6,4): ?A????I?T?

22d    Last of lackadaisical dons perking up and marrying (8) : S?L???N?

 

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Matakari, why are you wanting to put an M at the start of 23 Across? Would that follow the theme? You have Strip ????, Yacht ???? and Book ????. It should be easy to find that one last letter!

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Yes, you're right, NACW, I finally see the light, the word CLUB playing a main role.

Phew, Matakari - that's a huge relief. I didn't expect you to go so, so wrong when you were left with only one letter to get yourself!

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Just reading over La Jerezana’s offering and trying to get a parsing for this one:

33    Dismal English music genre (5) : GR?M?  ( GRIMM )

Many thanks!

Matakari, Grime, genre of music. Grim,dismal and E, English.

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Thanks, NACW, I had "grime" first without knowing it to be a type of music.

Thanks,Matakari.  I'd always check  Chambers before proffering answers such as Grimm, which doesn't relate at all to the clue!  If you can't be bothered to look in Chambers itself, online dictionaries are available.

You are very patient, NAC.

Thanks, Tilly2 - but only  (very) occasionally! 

Anyone get 16a

Reportedly joined model, 33, in bath? (8)

1234, Tidemark, sounds like Tied+Mark, model, and 33 is Grime... tidemark.

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