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[Jaimsieboy]

16 Down - They're neat (6) ?a?t??
22 Across - Sort of feeling one gets when the siege is broken ? (8) R?l?e???

[Captain2]

Relieves?

[grasscarp]

22 relieved

[bibblebub]

16d: cattle

[cupid04]

16d] cattle

[dannyk13]

16d,Cattle

[Jaimsieboy]

Hi Folks, thanks for your answers esp."Cattle" for 16 Down but what is the connection between cattle and Neat ?
Finally 22 Across - is the answer Relieved or Relieves ?

Thanks...
J/Boy

[scorpiojo]

Relieved

neat2
niːt/
nounarchaic
noun: neat; plural noun: neats
a bovine animal.
cattle.

[dannyk13]

Cattle—colloquially cows—are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. ..... Other obsolete terms for cattle include "neat" (this use survives in " neatsfoot oil", extracted from the feet and legs of cattle)

[cupid04]

neat is an archaic dialect for cow, bull or oxen.