14a...Virtually complete time machine - order for a many-legged creature.
T?R?I?R?D?
Is this TARDIGRADA or TARDIGRADE, as both of these spellings occur in my dictionary ?...
19d...Long-standing rock group, though receiving cut.
T?E ?H?
I presume this is THE WHO but why ?
Also, 21d....John upset after gettin duck here ?
O?A?....OVAL ?. If so, why John ?...
24 and 25 across.
Distantly collecting rent, working together to stop mutual slating.
A ???A I? O?E? E?R
A FLEA IN ONES EAR ?
Can't see how this fits ?...
48d....Diarist who chronicled the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London
??E?Y?
This must be PEPYS but it doesn't seem to fit into the cle..Could it be
SPEPYS instead?...
Apparently it was Mitt's Magic Underpants that finally did for him last night in the States. Fiery bushes, ancient Israelites crossing the Atlantic over 2000 years ago, multiple wives, etc were all...
Last few ( need to get to the Post Office ! )
16d...A child, almost completely offensive...?E?????.
Also,
21d....I refuse runs yet will run around....N????...
Last two:::: 12a....Turning over when start of update's imminent....?P?N?I?G. This is obviously SPINNING but I can't see the allusion to update. Also. 21d...Favour being scheduled in...