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[mikey4444]

17d...Banker's material....T?P?D

29a...Avoid team having overturned favourites....S???S?E?

[Mamyalynne]

29 Sidestep

[Mamyalynne]

17 Tweed

[Lie-in King]

17d Tweed - 'banker' as river
29a Sidestep - 'side' + 'pets' (overturned)

[mikey4444]

Thanks guys...my mistake with 20a...ICICLE instead of ICECAP !

[mikey4444]

But why TWEED ?

[Mamyalynne]

Yes.

[Mamyalynne]

Tweed = river and material

[aelmpvw]

a banker is a river (tweed)

[Lie-in King]

Dratted invisibility cloak...

[Mamyalynne]

Maj said that ^

[mikey4444]

Never heard a banker described as a river ! ( lots of other things mind ! )

[Mamyalynne]

River has banks hence it is a 'Banker'.

[mikey4444]

Really mamy ? It seems a tad tenuous to me !

[Mamyalynne]

Long standing 'crossword speak' in this instance.

[mikey4444]

Ah !...then I shall add it to my Little Black Book...many thanks...don't know how I would manage without you Mamy sometimes you know !

[Mamyalynne]

You'd get by am sure.

[Jackdaw33]

Banker and Flower are two words used to indicate a river, the latter being more devious as there is a tendency to read it as flower (plant) rather than something which flows.