Irelands Own

[Bernie]

29a. A charter authorised by a monarch (5) ?o?o?
Many thanks

[scorpiojo]

Royal?

[poorclare]

Royal does not fit in with 25d Second largest city in Portugal which is Oporto. or have I got 25d wrong because I thought RoyAl was/is correct

[fiction-factory]

I thought it was just Porto.
maybe the setter thinks the sixth largest (Almada) is the second largest

[fiction-factory]

What letters did you have for the city?

[Mamyalynne]

Possible setters error?

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1533454.html

[fiction-factory]

jimby had the same issue yesterday
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1533454.html

[fiction-factory]

could ALMADA fit?

[Mamyalynne]

Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu]; also known as Oporto in English[5]) is the second largest city in Portugal after Lisbon[6]

[Mamyalynne]

Almeda is way down the list.

https://population.mongabay.com/population/portugal/

[Mamyalynne]

apologies, you said Almada.

[fiction-factory]

Maybe they have based it on area rather than population, if that makes a difference

[Mamyalynne]

I presume there are other crossers in 25d too.

[poorclare]

Sorry my laptop is playing up,
24a Wrinkle the brow in thought or displeasure ~ frown
27a Pay no attention to ~ ignore
I really do think that the setter assumed Oporto finished with an A so that would make it Royal. I am going for that, remember this is Ireland's Own and we do have little hiccups from time to time.
Thank you to every for your help.
Clare ~am now going to the computer/laptop hospital with thing, perhaps the bin would be the right place for it, like me its OLD

[Crosswordk]

I Emailed Irelands Own and they confirmed there is an error in the crossword and that Oporto and Royal are both correct answers. They apologised for any inconvenience caused!