Radio Times 33

[BobB]

All left hand side done (though I don't know why 20a is curriculum (Dog Constellation without alien list of courses).

RHS now.

5d TV Comedian to turn back during faults (3,6)

13d Factual foreign refusal rubbing right out (3-7)

[polly123]

think 5d shud be Les Dennis (sinned backwards - faults)

[polly123]

have you any letters? if so put them up

[shaneystar]

And 13d is Non-Fiction.
Hope you are feeling better today .

[polly123]

think 13d is non-fiction (non= French for refusal , friction without 'r' in it is fiction)

[shaneystar]

explaination of 20a
Dog ...Cur
Constellation is Reticulum without the alien ET..
Giving you

Curriculum.

[BobB]

Thanks all. Non fiction fits well. Les dennis would stop repertoire on 11a. If this is right (and I think it is as an anagram) then 5d 2nd word begins with r. r?e???? being the total. It also means I've got one or two others wrong.

Thanks for reasons on curriculum. My mind is too clever by half, running around canis major, the name of the constellation! Never thought of cur.

 

Also now a problem with 16a "second one preserving medical device". ?c?n???

[crofter]

BobB, If you're still struggling with 16a, it's S+CANNER!

[BobB]

I am a dopey devil. Had scalpel on the brain and kept trying to make it fit.

[BobB]

5d TV comedian to turn back during faults is now

???/r?e?e?

where does that leave us?

[valerieb1254]

5d Vic Reeves

[BobB]

Fits thanks, but why?

[gen2]

Explanation of Vic Reeves:

turn = veer, so turn back = reev
faults = vices
during suggest within, so put reev inside vices and there you have it.

[BobB]

A step too far for me!