Times Jumbo 713

[mightymouse]

Tried this for 1st time in ages as it has rained all day!

Can anyone help with:
19a Undue partiality shown in writing, it needs public rebuttal -e-o-i--

20d Make reasonable chair --d-r--- Moderate???

31d Perhaps the Gaelic spit t---u-

Many thanks!

[bridgenut]

19a ) Nepotism ?

[geo0939]

31 Tongue.

[geo0939]

I'd agree with 20d.

[mightymouse]

Thanks for your help. But why nepotism, and why tongue?
mm.

[geo0939]

Tongue is a language (Gaelic) and a spit of land or gravel which projects into the sea.

[mightymouse]

Thanks for that!

[geo0939]

Public=OPEN Writing MS(manuscript) IT in the clue. Reverse them all

[geo0939]

I mean Rebuttal=reverse.

[mightymouse]

Thank you geo.
mm.

[cccustard]

nepotism

moderate

tongue - I think