Daily Telegraph Prize Crossword 26,942 Saturday August 11th 2012

[qwerty7]

Two clues I need answers to: 20d "Therefore friar maybe cut off in old city" (5). I have S???M. Also 22a "Just beaten by top path, I stepped a different way" (6,2,3,4). I have ?I?P??,?T,?H?,?O?T. I wonder if it could be a phrase such as ".... at the foot"? Please explain your answer. Many thanks!

[sandyRoe]

pipped at the post

[bibblebub]

20d) therefore = SO, friar maybe cut off = DOM(inican) => SODOM

22a) pipped at the post

[sandyRoe]

Sodom?