Eye Crossword 793

[maggieriorda]

Stuck again on a few. Fed up now....help gratefully received.  Thanks.  

1ac Sleep with CIA operative, being particular (8)

1dn Prevent a stiff one from breaking down (6)

2dn Political enforcer needs to celebrate with joint (5,4) ??r?????p

3dn Do the same as jailbird with "previous" (7) ??n????

14ac Tom's having an erection, OK? (6,2) ?????sup

25dn Delight in slating US today? (5) g?s?o (is it GUSTO?)

26dn Post Office's, er, a vexed question (5) ??S?? (Poser?)

26ac Too camp perhaps to be a natural feature of Washington (7) ????m??

22dnOld empire's crappy motto gets to one (7) o??????

23dn Long boring account about Republican covered in semen (6) ??????

 

[mallyh]

14 thumbs up

[Toorak]

1 especial - anagram of sleep cia

[Toorak]

25 yes - hidden in clue

[Toorak]

22 ottoman

[Toorak]

26 yes 

[Toorak]

2d party whip

[maggieriorda]

Ah, 26ac must be Potomac then

[maggieriorda]

Just these left

1dn Prevent a stiff one from breaking down (6) E?B??? Is that elbows?
12ac Sex partner getting depressed? Give up! (3,4) ??Ydown
Is that way down?
28 Pie filling to produce rather strained movement? (5) M?N??
23dn Long boring account about Republican covered in semen (6) ?c???d

[jollyroger66]

3 Conform

[mallyh]

28 mince

[jollyroger66]

1d Embalm

[davebro3]

lay down  enbalm   screed 

[davebro3]

eMbalm

[maggieriorda]

Phew!  All done.  Grateful thanks, Toorak, Malloy, Davebro3 and Jollyroger66

[maggieriorda]

Thanks Mallyh