DT today

[ethelburga]

14a commercial break making a difference? ..a.e. .t.?And 26 a, a bit of matter eponymously rejected in a stage performance. 8 no letters!

[factor-fiction]

Can I check the number of letters in 14a- is it 9 letters?

[factor-fiction]

It looks like: ??A?E??T?

[Dickiedot]

14a Trade gap

[factor-fiction]

Tradegap sounds a good answer for the clue. I think the letters have probably been set out incorrectly in teh original post.

[Dickiedot]

6d is an anagram of managed without the first letter

[factor-fiction]

Okay but I'm not sure how that relates to the question

[Dickiedot]

commercial break making a difference (5,3) ??a?e ?a?

[ethelburga]

Thanks, yes a typo as had got agenda, 6down. Any help on 26 a !

[factor-fiction]

Thanks. The OP was showing it as 6,3 and had a T in the second word, but your answer is clearly right

My query though, dickiedot, was why/what you were telling us about 6d.

[factor-fiction]

I thought 26a might be an angram of INASTAGE but I can't see one that fits the rest of the clue
Have you got any letters yet? Just one would help

[Dickiedot]

I was trying to show that the last word was ?a? I have o?????m? for 26a

[factor-fiction]

oklahoma?
Not sure why though except it's a stage performance

[Dickiedot]

the m is wrong oops, operettas is the answer

[catsrcool]

operetta

[bibblebub]

26a OPERETTA - backwards in ...mATTER EPOnymously...

[factor-fiction]

operetta backwards is in mATTEREPOnymously

[Dickiedot]

I was getting my pancetta and pastrami mixed up hence the 'm' :-)