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Cacphony in a large dwelling (7) A_I_I_G.

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16D

Courage beginning to bolster female bird? (9) B_A_E_E_S.

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Times 24520

Last of course to go out for the interval (5) NINTH. Can't understand the wordplay here. Last of golf course would be the 18th. Am I on the wrong track?

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Times 24518

1D: Virgin, for example, making rude demand for famous autograph? (4,4) STAR SIGN. Virgin or Virgo I get. How does it parse?

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Times 24514

17D Support for miners a long time after strike (8) PUNCHEON. PUNCH(strike)+EON(long time) = support. What part does "miners" play in the wordplay?

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Times 4376

21D People in general sit up when praying (6) _A_T_T. 20A Arab's weaving the best cloth (8) _A_A_H_A.

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Times 24507

4A Envied fellow, one who wore drain-pipes? (7) COVETED. Definition is clear and I know cove=fellow but how does the rest (TED) work?

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Times 24507 - one more

Oops, just realized I wasn't ale to understand the wordplay in this one either: Scout gatherings monarch admits are without interest (9) JAMBOREES.

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Times 4374

Club rations in emergency? (4) I_O_. IRON. Club sense of iron is clear but the rest is fuzzy!

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Times 24496

2D: Makes effective use of spoon, gripping a shaft (9) S_ _ _R_E_ _.

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Globe

Large units used in making 15-Across (5) A_R_S. (15A: Most of navel emploees smell bakery purchase (8) CRESCENT)

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Help with 2 clues

26A Struggling artist's back with American cast (8) T_ _ _L_N_. 24D Record problem for a boat L _ _ _. At first I inked in skip but that was wrong. It definitely starts with L.

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Stuck in NW corner of Times 24472

Can I get some help with 1A to jump start me in that corner? I'm thick-skinned, pressing Conservative with one hour to make a U-turn? (10) _ _ _ N_C_ _ _S (not positive about the N).

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K & Z

I'm baffled by the wordplay in many of the answers today, but I'm stuck on two. K. Lament a knighthood, Spooner, from afar (4-4) K_E_-A_I_. Z. The bible lasts: religion's somewhat daft (4) ZE_D.

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