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[mra1]

Stuck on last 3 all interconnected 10 across Bit of a hunk, I'm tedius - ring off ?IMBO;
16 across Nut paste savvy? ?AT? the missing first letters of these 2 form 2nd & 5th letters of 1 down vis Why lips user curs about love sotto voce? ??IS??RT?SL?Y I have been at this bit for ages and would appreciate some kind soul's assistance please!!

[Captain2]

10a Himbo?

[Captain2]

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

[vetuste_ennemi]

16A PATE?

I want sotto voce to be WHISPEROUSLY

[Toorak]

16 pate?

[mra1]

That will all work out brilliantly if someone can put me right for 26 across Love this corrupted? Possibly I had ?OF?I?H which I had construed as TOFTISH ie love of homestead

[Captain2]

Is 1d 13 letters as shown or 12 as V_E is suggesting (which looks good)?

[mra1]

Hi captain 12 - 26 across needs to start with a O if to fit whisperously in

[mra1]

Hi folks, on consulting Chambers the only word which fits in is OOFTISH - to do with money but dont get the wordplay - is this correct?

[cashier]

Could it have something to do with
'Thelove of money is the root of all evil'?

[fiction-factory]

Mmm. Can see O (love) = anagram of THIS, so just need to justify an OF.
Can't see the definition yet

[Toorak]

I think cashier might have it

[fiction-factory]

Yes, I've seen cashier's now

[mra1]

Thanks you all very much for your kind assistance - you have made a septuagenarian very happy!

[vetuste_ennemi]

Kids these days!