24d,28a Odd bits of invective needed - for this CD, that is (4,7).
-o-r, hundred. Four hundred I guess but why? Or is it a reference to a pop group or an Irish ceilidh?...
Got all but one though I don't begin to see how some of the clues work and it seems to me that Brummie is pushing at the limits of the legitimate. However: 28a Doctors reckon thousand lost (old money)...
Generous society lacking cobblers. -e-f-e-s. Selfless? But why (unless reference to works of W. Self).
Old leader gets round houses -s-r. Must be tsar but why?...
Generous society lacking cobblers -e-f-e-s. Selfless but why (unless reference to works of W. Self)?
Old leader gets round houses -s-r. Presumably Tsar but why?...
Finished it but can't see rationale of many clues. Why is key clue 25d (Racer, perhaps, briefly exposed following its profile) snake? Ditto 19a (too long to type out) odd job man. 3d sangria but why?...
Particularly baffling: I can get what are I am sure are the correct answers to 24 26 27a by elimination, ditto 3 7 and 22d, but no idea why. And is 6 a "How to work with the "foreign"...
