17d Applies grease - difficult, over wide square (7) I also got TALLOWS but was a bit disappointed that to get the OWS the author just took the first letter of the three words, over wide and square....
19d Reptile, one suitable for children, in good stories(6) I have IGUANA wher one =I, suitable for children= U and in good inserts G but why stories? 16d Wild as a murderer in escape heading north (8)...
24d cutter's second going round 25 tree in New Zealand (5) looks like KAURI, a NZ tree. The U is the second letter of cutter and 25= gold but I can't see where KARI come from if it is kauri also, why...
4d disaster immediately on the news (5-3) -r-t- / o-f
18d inexperienced? not with us getting hardened (7) -a-l---
26a uproar about student love affair (7) -l-e---...
7d Worthless goods see you going short(3) is TAT since Worthless goods=tat but why "see you going short"? Also, in 1a Reality show act mostly profane - pensioner (8) is DOCUSOAP, where...
I have CALIPH for 1a piece of film about a hard islamic leader (6) but I don't see why. Also, 19a Man chasing author had artistic style (5) I have I---M and 17d Last batsmen manage to stay out of...
10a) Is such weaponry canned or reordered (8) ?r?n???e (is ans Ironware?)
9a) Stressed as expressed (10) ??o???n???
5d) No return for this one-a bomb! (4-5) ???s-?a?e?...
I've finished but not sure why on 10a Green form of transport is what's used in central Guatemala? (6) is TANDEM, I think, the central part of Guatemala being TEM but why AND?
