Yours 155 cryptic

[Polly37]

1 down Be, perhap, owner of previously (6,3) ?E?0?? ???
3 down Its either very easy or a poser (6) ?I?T?R
26 across Must be kept secret always? who knows! (3,5,3,4) ?O? ????? ?A? T?L?

[shooty]

3 sitter

[shoota]

3d Sitter

[bibblebub]

1d) before now
3d) sitter
26a) how can you tell

[shooty]

how would you know. in addition to BB's answer

[shooty]

***how would you tell***

[bibblebub]

oh yes, for some reason I ignored the number of letters for 26a so must be how would you tell

[shooty]

Stick with me BB, I'll show you the ropes. lol ; )

[bibblebub]

OKAY HAVE I BEEN ALRIGHT SO FAR? AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT WAS MUSIC IN THE ADVERT JUST AFTER 9:12 ON PICKTV+1?

[shooty]

NOT BAD AND I THINK IT WAS 'ACE OF SPADES BY MOTORHEAD!!

[annie49]

Before now
sitter
you never can tell

[Polly37]

Thanks for the answers and the chat was interesting too!!!!!!!

[shooty]

The chat would have been better, if we had arrived at the correct answer. Oops : /