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[stevelyn1]

2d first couple of lignite blocks rot beneath a ditch 7
A?O?V?H
27a talent keeps Queen rocking 7 T?T?E?Y tottery?
10a hookers finding way back on pitch 5
12a wacky bacccy free in surfer's paradise ?9
C?B?????? anagram cannabis?plus f
5a reason given victim of corporal punishment 4,3
6d table salt's almost completely over 5
8d char lady 5,3 green tea?
7d a good way to leave stocking drawer:it's a mess 7 ends in o
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[slaney]

12a Cybercafe -- anagram of baccy and free

[Phil7]

27a - Tottery is good if not very PC; totty = talent + ER
10a = Tarts (st = st (way) back)

[Phil7]

oops "ts" = "st", I meant

[Phil7]

5a = What For
6d = Altar
7d = Farrago (possibly)

[Phil7]

8d - Rosie Lee

[stevelyn1]

thanks both-had got farrago but still stuck on 2d and is 5d was-if so why?

[Phil7]

2d - Abolish (possibly)?
Do you have "Sever" for 11a? - I suggest "Skier" (anag. of "risked" with the "d" cut off).

5d = Was; "saw", reversed, as in saw (dated) a boy/girlfriend.

[kayakamina]

2d Abolish

Rot = bosh

first couple lignite = Li

beneath A........A bo li sh = ditch

[Phil7]

I just saw "bosh" myself, K - but can't really see why the word "blocks" is used.

[kayakamina]

Phil. Bosh 'blocks' LI - letters from lignite ?

[Phil7]

I know what you mean, Kaya, but that's an odd use of "blocks".

Some of these are quite 9 across - I can't fully justify "farrago" or "Cezanne" at the mo.

[stevelyn1]

thanks all

[kayakamina]

Phil I thought Cezanne was

(s) cene ..topless picture

Zan (y)....nearly crazy

Ce zan ne

[suestone]

Farrago - far= a good way, ra=drawer, go=leave