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?...
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?...
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"...
I am being flummoxed by the bottom right corner can anyone give me a headstart? Crossword setter? Agreeable type switching two adjacent letters (8) I have _ _ _ _ _ _ E _ Thanks in anticipation...
Thanks for Beirut for 10 a. Live wire's second session of Sex and the City. I can see B = second and the city is Beirut and maybe sex = rut. But the rest?