Saga June

[marg44]

I have a few left - 3d Maxim sounds clumsy (5) G?R??
6d College lecturers perform some fractions (7) D?????S
11a Jo's bottle? (8) Why JEROBOAM?
10a Love in the air? Stick around for some sex! (8) ??U?L???

[GetOverIt]

10a Coupling O Up in Cling

[sarumite]

3d Gorki ... Pen name of Russian Novelist ... Aleksey Maximovitch Peshkov.

[marg44]

Thanks GetOverIt!

[marg44]

That was clever sarumite, never thought of that use of Maxim

[marg44]

Guess it's not JEROBOAM then. Now ?E?I?O??

[GetOverIt]

Demijohn

[sarumite]

marg .. it is sometimes also spelt Gorky .. so may need further checking?

[marg44]

Another clever one GetOverIt!

[quizzled]

3d Gorky
Russian birthplace of Maksim Gorky = gawky

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[quizzled]

Sorry miles behind everyone, took me so long to work it out.

6d may be 'docents' (university lecturers).

[marg44]

Yes, just worked that one out myself, thanks anyway quizzled

[marg44]

Last two are 19a Watering hole in fashionable state capital (6) ?O?A?? and 20d Sycophant now slightly changed? (5) ??A?Y

[GetOverIt]

Hobart - Tasmanian Capital

Bar in Hot

[Otleybard]

20d TOADY (anag. of TODAY)

[GetOverIt]

Toady - Today slightly changed

[marg44]

Thanks both, finished now!