Irish Mail On Sunday

[skyplus]

13d Desire, longing ?S?I?A???N
25d Advantage, tip ???e
23a Two pints of 10a Which is cider) ?T?D?I
27a Area of S.E Asia ???/E?R?R

Thank you all in advance

[Toorak]

13 aspiration

[elliemay1]

25 edge?

[Lie-in King]

23a - Have you shown the correct pattern?

Flagon (?) - https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/flagon

^ 1.3 A large bottle in which wine or cider is sold, typically holding about 2 pints...

[skyplus]

I must have something wrong. The T is from feathers( the tufts of hair above a horse's hoof. The D i have Dirty for 24 down the clue being squalid, grubby, and the I Patriarch Powerful leader, monarch. I guess these are incorrect

[Lie-in King]

Would these help with "flagon"? -

Tufts of hair... - Fetlocks
Squalid, grubby - Grimy
Powerful leader... - Potentate

[Lie-in King]

Is 27a (3,5) (8) or (9) & how sure are you of your letters?

[skyplus]

Yes Lie-in King. that helped and I have all now except 27a. Area of S.E area I?D?C?I?A .Thanks again

[Lie-in King]

Indochina

[skyplus]

4 and 5. sorry I didnt check beforehand

[skyplus]

Indo China?

[skyplus]

THANKS A LOT

[Lie-in King]

More usually one word, but can be hyphenated -

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/indochina

[Lie-in King]

You're welcome :-)