9a) Cooking pot, one degree tops (6)
O-T---
3d) Australian native miners on strike (6)
T---A-
11d) Track south of constellation, source of reference (7)
-I-R-R-
"mirrors"?!...
2d) Glamorous and sexy - that gets vote for Republican (6)
-X-T-C
Must be "exotic", but I can't see why.
19a) Revolutionary work by English writer (5)
E-I-T
"edict", maybe. Is dict a writer?...
Just one solution that I don't understand: 17d) Leaves course meetings about a quarter to 6 (8) -E-I-T-S 6d is "catholic", so the solution must be: DEVI(AT)ES But how does DEVIES = course meetings?...
1d) Cultural tradtions in retreat, custom finally abandoned (8) H-R----- 24a) Calling old supporter "one in a hundred" (10) O-C---T-O- Must be occupation. Can someone explain why, please? 15a)...
14a) Rolling Red Sea with a brown crystalline substance (8) -E-E-A-A 27a) Top farm animal (6) -E-S-Y 17d) Main commoner brought up on English cheese (3,5) -E-/P-E-E 23d) Kid persuaded to speak (5)...
Stuck on a few...hopefully these can open up the grid.
8d) Side location for memento (6)
E-E-E-
30a) Instrument here, Max? (8)
T---E-I-
31a) I understand you had tea (6)
---C-A...
Stuck on several of these. 6d) Craft dress with a certain knitwear style (8) T-I-A-A- 14d) Argument about way journalist's spun yarn (7) -O-S-E- "boasted", maybe? But I can't see the definition. 19d)...
Last one... 8d) Solver taking nothing from point about foreign article (6) S-E-T- Also, I don't understand the following solutions: 6d) Which barmy people can lead an Ottaman army from an island? (10)...
Just a couple of solutions which I don't follow: 3d) 12 regularly nipping out into town (4) N-O- must be "noon". Twelve noon. 12a is "tool", but I don't think it applies to this clue. 21d) Twelve and...
I've finished this. But I don't understand a couple of solutions. 2d) Insect coule be market leader, essentially (3,6) M-Y/-E-T-E Must be "may beetle". May = Theresa May = leader? 18d) Nothing by a...
I am having problems with this one, by Goliath. 4d,21d) Isn't MacDuff in a hole? There's a source of material (8,6) O-E-C-S-/------ "open(cast min)ing"? 22a) An outfit cuts retrogressive political...
