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[Sparkles62]

Really struggling this week, any help would be gratefully accepted....13a Belong to pater, it turns out, in the end. ????A?N. 14a Shred the first thirteen letters ??O?. 4d Fill an opening for a locum ?T???A?. 7d Be clumsy when it comes to lying ?P???L. 10d Scratches that may mean the dog wants to come in. B???S. 20d Wake and point at.??A?R. TIA

[Mamyalynne]

14 A to M

[scorpiojo]

13 Pertain anag pater + in

[Mamyalynne]

4 Stopgap

[Flonska]

14a A to M (Atom)?

[scorpiojo]

4 Stopgap

[Mamyalynne]

7 Sprawl

[Flonska]

10d Barks?

[Sparkles62]

Thank you all so much , they are obvious when you get the answer, does anyone have any idea of 20a please ?

[scorpiojo]

Are you sure of the letters?

[Sparkles62]

Sorry, I meant 20d.

[Sparkles62]

I think so Scorpiojo , The A comes from 24a Being ruthless in completing the countdown, I have Stopping at Nothing, The R comes from 29a, Make sounds like a bird, I have Earn.

[scorpiojo]

Thank you. Still pondering...

[fiction-factory]

How does EARN work please?

[elliemay1]

sounds like 'erne'?

[scorpiojo]

Sounds like erne

[elliemay1]

^ and can mean 'to make'

[Sparkles62]

29a could possibly be ERNE instead of EARN that would make the last letter an N instead of R.

[fiction-factory]

Thanks

[Canary42]

/// they are obvious when you get the answer ///

True, and it's soooooo annoying ;-)

[fiction-factory]

train?
Not really