Guardian Prize

[Hokeypokey]

Last two can't parse
15dn figure gathering spotted coats (9)
?e?e?t???
SEVENTEEN?
26ac thread referring to the night before (5)
R?e??
REEVE?
If so - why?

[Mamyalynne]

15 Seventeen

Event (gathering) in Seen

26 Reeve - (to) thread

Re Eve

[elliemay1]

26 re(referring to) eve(night before)

[JJ109]

Yes seventeen (figure) = event (gathering) in seen (spotted)
Re - Eve = Reeve (to thread a rope etc)

[Mamyalynne]

Reeve

1.
to pass (the end of a line) through a block, ring, etc.
2.
to fasten by passing through or around something
3.
to pass a line through (a block, ring, etc.)

[Hokeypokey]

Thanks I hadn't seen reeve in that context before