Last one: 17d) Stern retailer - he'll have cheered him up (8). Having GRI-A--I I assume it has to be GRIMALDI, which explains the cheering-up bit, but I just can't manage to locate the "Stern...
The sun is shining, but - 7d) Top tips for explorer in good small aircraft (7). Has to be GLIDERS - but why does LIDE = explorer? Similarly... 16d) Guy with role became unable to cope (4,5) has to be...
1)ac Places where Shakespeare may have got paid? (4) It's P?B?, so presumably PUBS - why, though? and 21d) Retired editor punching stern TLS solver? (6) ?E?D?R - maybe READER? Again, I can't see it:...
Good grief: this one has not been fun...
Two left -
4d) Old book with incapable one for priest (9) i?c?n?b?e
and
14ac) Yes, for some of a group of juveniles (4) y?o?...
Never done this before, and stuck on last one: 4d - Bird runs to jetty (4).
I have ?I?R, and suppose it must be PIER, but I dunno why PIE is bird.......
8d: Bag rat that is heading for bait entering this dirty vessel (7,3)
I have W?E?L?E, ?I?
and
16d: Assist health worker after day in bed (8)
I have ?E?R?E?D
Groan.............
Last two giving me severe grief:
5ac: Italian river is a sort of imperial souvenir (8) - T?B?R?A?
and
21ac: An Irishman in a Roman vessel (6) - ?A?I?A
Tiberias? Patina? WHY??...
Stuck, stuck, stuck.... 2d) Two southern US states require 30 supporters (3-3). I have ?A?-??A, and 30 is TEMPERANCE 12ac) Pin Margaret to the stage! (6) I have ?E??? and 8d) Exercises time in...
