Guardian Genius 104

[snoozy]

Well I have had a bit of a struggle with this. Help appreciated with

11 ac Most behind plug hole with three points S?O?E??

For ages I thought this was going to be sockets but I have put shoeing in for farriers jo b - second job in garden which provides the intersecting o in my unknown word.

9 ac Go through exercise halving take-home pay ??????A??

One of the 'h' words in this clue is extraneous.

Many thanks
Snoozy

[dannyk13]

9a Penetrate

[factor-fiction]

I suspect HOLE will be superfluous so you are looking for a word to mean plug, maybe as in advertise/promote. There will also be N,E,S or W in there

[Oldred]

11a slo wes t

[dannyk13]

Slowest - three points wes inside slot

[HowardKennitby]

3 points are S, E & W

[Baldric]

SHOWERS, points, W-E and S ??

[factor-fiction]

I was miles off track- I can see the three points -WES- and assume plug hole is the slot, and the slowest is most behind

[factor-fiction]

Sorry danny, must have taken me three minutes to type that

[snoozy]

Thank you Danny, Factor, Oldred, Howard and Baldric. You are all wonderful!

XXXXX
Snoozy

[dannyk13]

Not your fault Factor 30 the AB is working at its usual slow speed