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Matakari | 18:55 Fri 07th Aug 2020 | Crosswords
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The last few before I go to the characters. Thanks for any help in advance!
ACROSS:
24 Monkey jumps near portico (5): ST?AI ( STOAI ? )

DOWN:
6 In America blessed pasty sustains temple (7): UPS?A?S ( Thought it could have been UPSTATE.)
30 Box of spinach with fish (6): S?G?AR
33 Leader of England in cricket (5): ?R?LG
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24 The clue should be plural, your stoai is correct.
6 Upstays, sustains. US, America, with anagram of Pasty inside/

30 A three letter word for spinach and a common three letter fish.
I think the L is wrong in your 33 A. I haven't looked through the answers you got earlier, but I think there might be a mistake in one.

PS Hope you manage to get the characters by yourself!
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Many thanks, Neveracrossword! For 40(A), I was given ANTILLAE, that's how the L appears in 33(A).
33 looks to me like it should be Greig unless there are special instructions
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I had GREIG at first, but then I changed. Must look at it again. Something must be wrong with ANTILLAE. Thanks for your vigilance, fiction-factory!
I'm not sure about Greig (Tony) though- it's not cryptic enough
What was the clue for the 'Antillae' one please?
FF. 40 Latin reassembled aged insect parts (7)
If 7 then ANTILLAE won't fit
I'd expect 40 to be XL,
+ anagram of LATIN
+maybe A for aged if it is 8 not 7
Sorry- just realised 40 is probably the clue number not part of the clue
What pattern do you have for 40 please?
would Italian fit?
FF, at one point the pattern was ??T??AE

The third from the end would be the I from Greig.
Okay thanks, so it's 7 not 8. Well ANTILAE looks okay so I'm stuck
Ah, all clear now - I'll keep my nose out.
Shuffle those letters
Antliae
33 is & lit.
E in GRIG (a grasshopper) , GREIG
Matakari, did these answers help? I hope you got your 40 A sorted?

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