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Eye Crossword Special N0 768

Matakari | 18:16 Sat 23rd Dec 2023 | Crosswords

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Good evening, help with the following would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

DOWN:
1/74/73 Be condescending: woo with plonk and undo pants (4,4,4)

?O?K/?A?N/????
6 MD escapes debasement, playing truant (8) ???????E
9 Lordly politician has trouble subverting wrongdoing (6): ???N?S

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14 In US, Johnny joins group as a means of keeping things together? (6,4)
?E???R?A??
68 Desolate sex act is in the past – heartlessly tiresome (3,5): ??S???T?
76 Fortune our Brian's managed – hence millions (5,6) : ?I???R?????

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Infamous Red Mark-Lipstick Initially Involved (6)

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newmodarmy

look down upon?

bookbinder

6 absentee

newmodarmy

14 Rubber band

You seem to have a few wrong letters among these

scorpiojo

9 Ado nis (sin)

scorpiojo

76 King's ransom (Brian = King Charles III)

newmodarmy

68- do you have any more letters please or have any letters changed?

Based on your pattern I can only think of WAS for the first word

TheWinner

oh scorpiojo, you've excelled yourself with that one! Well done.

scorpiojo

😂 thank you, TW.

newmodarmy

68 could have TI(reso)ME in there somewhere too

newmodarmy

... or just end in TE

thestath

Lay waste

scorpiojo

68 Lay (sex act) was t(iresom)e

newmodarmy

lay waste??

Matakari

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Many thanks,generous helpers, I am about to finish this one now and seek confirmation for the following:

18a Not the first BBC release (5) : ??T?E ( UNTIE )
25a Downfall follows Tory leader's drill (5) : T?A?N ( TRAIN )
13d Exploit having way with Chancellor (not hard) ( 5 ) : S?U?T ( STUNT )
60d Working, or knocking off? (2,3,3) O?T?E?O? (ON THE HOP )

62d Sort of sex approach that makes a prominent tabloid feature? (8): H?A?N?N?