Finished (thank you Paul for your usual smut (17d)) but don't understand 14d
Those baked on the plains of Manitoba? Temperature most disturbing (9)
C-E-P-E-T. Has to be creepiest but Manitoba?...
Mixture of fiendishly hard and write-ins.. but perplexed by 7d Brief stop (5). R-M-T, has to be remit but why?
Tx.
(How many got 20a on first pass?!!)...
Local Arab may say this about art without borders N-I-H-O--- (9). Neighbour I suppose but why?
In which case Primarily lacking integrity as reporter (4) is -I-R. Liar?
Thanks...
12a One might be beaten in the ring, losing always in the end. (3) E-G Egg, obviously but why? 26a So PM I return,pal? (5) A-I-O. Amigo, clearly but how/why? Unusually unsmutty for a Paul, apart maybe...
Rather unPauline, I thought..No smut 21 ac 24 Last to return (4) 24s are a theme which I don't want to disclose but Quayle is one related answer. E-I- While we are here I'd welcome help parsing 9ac....
I think 48 hours of wrestling with this are enough. LHS done (I think). RHS two left in SW corner: Healthy, fortifying, providing support (7)-A-C--- Part of organ in garret in Acton (7) -E-S--- Oh and...