Everyman 3781

[Farrwest]

I give up on this one. Can someone please give me the answers to 9d Even old hippies do this (3-3) ?I?-D?E and 21d City's bankrupt financiers, hard to ignore (2,4) ?E ???S

[scorpiojo]

Tie dye
Le(h) Mans

[Toorak]

Tie dye

Tied (even) ye (‘the’ old)

Le (h) mans

[Farrwest]

Thanks scorpiojo and Toorak. Am I right in 26a Early on, state administered by old New Zealander? (5) S?M?A being Samoa - Heaven knows why!

[Mamyalynne]

yes

S(tate) A(dministered) + Moa

[Toorak]

That’s what I have put - but haven’t fully parsed

[Toorak]

Ah.... moa!

[Mamyalynne]

I think it's another sloppy &lit referring to the rule of NZ/Samoa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa#New_Zealand_rule_(1914%E2%80%931962)

[Farrwest]

Thanks Mamyalynne and Toorak. That's done for this week. Like pulling teeth. Anyone seen the online AZED?

[Toorak]

It’s still not online....

[scorpiojo]

Online now