Sunday Express Cryptic

[jan1956]

if 17d is maple syrup, I am struggling to get 18a A?A? a method of being on hoday
an 21a L?D??Y?E girlfriend has a title darling or have i gone wong with the other down ones?

[Psybbo]

Away
Lady love

[Calibax]

21a Lady-love?

[vakayu]

away

[jan1956]

thanks all, obvious now!

[charity-baker47]

local paper
I'm well and truly stuck. think I may be wrong with something
Excuse (7) p-e-e-r
Excursionist (7) t-i-a-n
To the point (11) -e-t-n-g-m-

[Calibax]

^
Pretext?
Tripper?
Pertinently?

[boxtops]

charity, next time, you'd do better to start a new thread of your own - this one's been answered, and your queries are from a completely different paper :-)