Star Crossword

[Drum1977]

Grid One:
20d Dough (5) P-S-E
It looks like it's "paste", but are they really synonyms or is there another obvious answer that I'm missing?!

Grid Two:
16d Ventilator (3,4) A-R /-R-E

Thanks in advance :-)

[scorpiojo]

Air hole?

[scorpiojo]

Yes to paste

Where's the second R from?

[Drum1977]

Thanks to you both.
Second r is from 21a Sham, for which I have fraud

[bhg481]

sham could be false - replaces r with a. air vane?

[bhg481]

Or even "air vent", if the E is wrong.

[scorpiojo]

Bogus

[Drum1977]

The e comes from symmetry (23a congruity). This is doing my head now :-)

[bhg481]

good one, scorpio, bogus gives you air hole.

[emmie]

air hole seems right...

[scorpiojo]

Thanks, bhg :-)

[Drum1977]

Thanks a million for all the help :-)

[scorpiojo]

Welcome :-)