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[taffy49]

1d) Former batsman in competition goes on to a century (7)
3d) Wood-supplier's left to fill big space for printer (3)
9a) The least revealing dress mother left (7)
Thanks

[mac44]

Compton
elm
minimal

[scorpiojo]

3 Elm

[elliemay1]

log?

[Carrottop]

Compton. Elm. Minimum

[retrocop]

compton
elm
minimal

[taffy49]

Thank you all!

[Carrottop]

That should read minimal

[debbiejoanne]

is it Elm or log ???????????????????

[retrocop]

elm

[retrocop]

m comes from minimal and e comes from bell

[debbiejoanne]

thanks everyone

[sucuzz]

EM is a Printer's measure namely the width of a square or nearly square piece of type, used as a unit of measure for matter set in that size of type.
So it's EM + L (for left) = ELM (wood/tree)