Could someone please explain how the clue to 8 down works please? I have WELL I NEVER DID as the solution, but I don't see the clue to the last word. I can see that WELL I NEVER is the surprise...
Now that we've all got 'Tarragona', that makes 14a 'octavo' clue: A month before, I'd left a gap in the paper (6). I can see the month (Oct) and 'octavo' is paper, but why the 'avo'? What am I missing...
18 d Things to keep tents in, possibly. The only thing I can thing that fits the pattern c?r?f?? is carafes and I can't justify it. Can't get 26 across either, While in mum's band? s???