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[Duncer]

23 across - Pay regiment introducing one French price (10)

I suspect remunerate is the answer as I have R?M?N?R?T? and can see one French price being une rate, but is regiment represented by rem?

[cupid04]

remunerate

[Mamyalynne]

Reme is a regiment but....?

[dannyk13]

Regiment =REME
one French= un
price = rate

[Mamyalynne]

ah reme + un + rate

[bookbinder]

Yet another poorly-written clue?

[Infomaniac]

It's not so bad
"regiment introducing one French" = rem un e
Plus price = rate = remunerate

[bookbinder]

Even though it's been explained, I still think that it's a poor clue. If REME is supposed to be 'introducing' something, then it should be at the beginning of the answer, not spread around inside it.

[emmie]

remunerate

[Infomaniac]

I read "introducing" as introducing "un" inside it.

[dannyk13]

Introducing rerers to one French

[cupid04]

Keep your hair on bookbinder!

[Duncer]

Jeez, I'm so stupid. I was taking one as "une" rather than "un", leading me to miss competely REME, who only happened to be the other regiment in Girdwood Barracks when I was in the TA. I really should shoot myself some days.

[penelope2]

It could mean "introducing" un rate into REME.

[bookbinder]

I really must take my happy pills more often!

[dannyk13]

Which would not make sense.Surely it parses as rem un e rate

[shooty]

Now Answerbank is letting me play. That is how I got it Danny.

But while i'm on, can you help parse 15a

Spooner's secretly pursuing burners as disabled aids. (7,6)

answer is walking sticks.

[Duncer]

Stalking Wicks

[bookbinder]

shooty, it comes from stalking wicks. I've calmed down a bit now.

[Psybbo]

stalking wicks spoonered

[dannyk13]

As Bookbinder and Duncer say