Rte Guide 6

[tadoran]

Hi, 22a Leg in wicket puts me initially out. (5) no letters
27a Hire this diaspora. Sure aren't they everywhere. (3 5) ??e ?????
27d Ah, flip (4) ??s?
29a Not able for such hypocrisy (4) ????
16d Fearsome leaders of North and South rebuild their society (10) f?e???????
23d Twice again...how many times (6) ??????

Thank you.

[Sam1960]

27. toss

[BlackadderV]

29 Can't

[Calibax]

27a The Irish (anagram)

[BlackadderV]

16 Freemasons

[Calibax]

16d Freemasons (anagram fearsome NS)
23d Thrice?

[BlackadderV]

You may be right with thrice but I would dispute it on the grounds that twice again means four times.

[Calibax]

22a Stump? Anagram of puts m(e). Don't know where the leg fits in though

[Calibax]

^leg stump!

[mac44]

Or, if you do something twice and then do it again - that's thrice.

[BlackadderV]

Cricket term, leg stump etc.

[Calibax]

^^^I was thinking twice and once again was thrice, Blackadder. Could be wrong though.

[BlackadderV]

You may be right. Don't really get stump, though. Where's the e gone?

[BlackadderV]

...nor do I really understand toss from the clue.

[mac44]

with puts and me initially you don't use the E.

[BlackadderV]

If you say so. The whole thing sounds Irish to me!

[poorclare]

ah thats not being nice to the Irish, you could say double Dutch but then again the Dutch people may not like that, so best to say thats sounds daft
but alas that might offend someone else - you cannot win.