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hankir | 03:53 Mon 18th Apr 2016 | Crosswords
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Have filled the grid but stock on two clues.
Help needed.

Not sure of 43A.
Hurry to remain with fleet, missing fellow badly. ?E??LE

Fleet-F gives leet but then none of the word hustle, bustle or hasten fit.

is 32D a word for a drink kettle at an afternoon break? How to parse it?

Most of band working together to bag a vessel containing drink. ?EA?O?

I do see an inlet and a tree. No island though.

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Auto-correct made it stock instead of stuck on two.
43a BE ETLE can mean to hurry?
32d TEAPOT?

Most of band working together=TEA(M)
to bag=pot
The grid is the island.
from the tree drop downwards , change the T to D and look diagonally downwards both ways.
...if you are in any doubt about having correctly identified the treasure, look it up in Chambers and compare one of the definitions there to the description of the 'hoard' in the preamble.
43a.Beetle?
Teapot
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Thank you all.
Found thr treasure.
Can someone please explain the parsing of 9 down?
What is clue for 9d?
9 D. Worry fellow's replacing first bit of booty (4) Fear.

The 'booty' was Rear, bottom, behind - swap the first letter to an 'f' for fellow, Fear.
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