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Help Please With St5016

MarMatMal | 17:39 Mon 18th Jul 2022 | Crosswords

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Totally stuck on this crossword. 1a Colleaguein tie drinking a chaser (10) s???l?????
8dTop of vest opens forward, showing bust (9) ??s?l???? 14a Put tiny boy in gym for break (8)?.?y???? 13d cut the bacon up eating one (9) ????h???e 21a unsure if hammer and sickle is correct.
Many thanks in advance for your kind assistance. Martin.

Cannot See Why!

Clue For 21A In St Cryptic In 5016

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Captain2

13d A-i-tchbone - anagram of the bacon with I inside

Captain2

14 P-lay-Tim-e

Captain2

Clue for 21a?

Captain2

8d V(est) inside INSOLENT

Insolvent

Lie-in King

1a Stablemate - 'b' ('a' chaser; comes next, in) 'stalemate' (tie)
8d Insolvent (bust) - 'v(est)' (top of, in) 'insolent' (forward)
13d Aitchbone - anag 'the bacon' (eating; containing) 'i' (one)

21a What's the clue?

Lie-in King

Rats, missed 14a... Must get back into gear...

Captain2

1a Sta-b-lemate B 'chases ' A in the alphabet

Captain2

You just keep those little grey cells going, LiK. :))

Lie-in King

Trying, Cap'n, am trying, is hard though :-)

Lie-in King

Found the puzzle - 21a Standard of old tools (6,3,6)

So yes, "Hammer and sickle" - a standard can be a flag, eg -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union