14d Holiday-goer left upset: I'd lost a vacated room (5,4)
I have _ _ O _ _ _ O _ E Is it drove home? If so, how does it parse?
All help appreciated....
9a Aussie batsman in 80s cut past backward cover (6) I have Y?????
20aThe immortal Birdman of Alcatraz initially located in a drug compound (6) I have ?A?U?A
Any help surely appreciated....
1d Balls, perhaps, trodden on by one beating like a cat (9)
I have _ h _ _ _ _ _ e _
Is it charities? If so, can you parse it for me?
Any help appreciated...
39d Searched for truffles given to older characters (7) I have R _ _ _ L _ D 45a I have killer's backing (7) I have S _ R _ _ _E If 45a is Scrooge I can't get the word play unless it is somehow orca...
Unchanged, hard working maiden replaces royal (8)
I have N _ M _ _ _ S_
I suspect nameless, but I can't see the wordplay.
this is my very first posting...