2dn Err in interpreting lost letter from novelist of village life (7) M?S???D MISREAD ? 10ac Remove protection from 18 (4) P??? the answer to 18 is ISLE OF MAN
Managed more than expected but could still do with some help please. 1d More than one such old taxman could be terribly strict with the poor (12) T?T???R?CT?R 10d Cheap labourer, an outstanding one...
Just a little clue to start me off this morning...Can anyone explain what the reference to "25" in so many of the clues is this morning ? (25d....Racer, perhaps, briefly exposed following...
Finding this impossible!
Could someone please give me any one of the across answers so that I can try and make sense of the instructions.
Many thanks in anticipation....
18a Tropical tree, sad when chopped, delivers rings (10, 2 words)
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6a Umbellifer hidden among roses (Elizabethan) (6) ??S?K?
Grateful for any help please....