26a give a little left over by start of year(6) is LEEWAY. Give=leeway, start of year = Y but please parse the rest. 24a The old lady does appeal (8) is CHARISMA, I think. Appeal = charisma, old lady...
8 d) Beer in these tins starts to escape violently (6) is STEINS. Is it "Beer in these" = steins, an anagram of TINS and E. If so, where does the other S come from? 12a leave answer to Boycott and...
12a Big noise from unknown club in Newcastle is TYCOON, apparently.
unknown= Y and club = C? surely Toon is not the pronunciation of a town in the NE?...
8d telephone engineer circling number(4) is RING. N is number but RIG? 13a Head of precinct extremely upset about Irish detective(6) is POIROT, I think. P=Head of precinct, I or IR = Irish. Is...
12a open jam for russian bread (6) could be ROUBLE but, if so, why?
5a Cool guy, said to be French, touring(7) looks like DISTANT but why? Cool=distant...
10a overdrawn for a time on trip creating a stink(5) is ODOUR. Overdrawn = OD, a time = HOUR? Please parse
2d 1-0 up, caught for 5: cause of serious complaint (1,4) is E COLI Please parse...
3d to stand up used to be hard(4) is it WASH? If so, why? used to be=was hard=H 21d Goldfinger demands respect, Richard said(5) looks like AURIC. If so, why please? Gold = au Richard = ric...
17a a copy - it's in subject matter (3,4) is THE SAME. How does "it's in subject matter" fit in please? 20d Make-up - one carries a tiny bit(7) is ANATOMY. one = AN carries A but where is a tiny bit...
Could someone please parse 7d writer's charge to keep heading off graduates (9) i.e. columnist and 20d climber eating yellow pasty (5) looks like ivory. Why please? Is this Ivor Richards, the armchair...
12d The second vowel has become "I" (3) is EGO. Could someone please parse it? Also, 24a Not bad, using bow to wrap imaginary cat? is Fair to middling, Tom being the cat and fiddling being " using...
14d US financial interests briefly spread into personal money supply (4,6) is WALL STREET but why, "briefly spread into personal money supply"? 17a Criminal's lost in holiday home(5) is VILLA but why...