Observer Azed 2296 Sunday June 5Th 2016

[doctordolittle]

Three left. Derivations please.
28 ac:local hillside circled by vehicle eventually (6). ?lee??
30 ac: head of showbiz gang? That's you right now (6) ?ead??
20 d: nice summer drawn in, cut short, is wavering (7) t?e???s
Thanks

[doctordolittle]

28 is cleeve -it's in the clue....doh!

[doctordolittle]

28 AV is cleeve - it's in the question

[scorpiojo]

You seem to be missing 26d...eve(n)t - newt (eft)

[fiction-factory]

leader?

[scorpiojo]

..ask - newt

[scorpiojo]

20 Tremens?

[doctordolittle]

And the derivations?

[scorpiojo]

If you mean 26d, I've explained. 20d is a suggestion.

[doctordolittle]

If tremens is right leader is wrong

[doctordolittle]

What has edit got to do with the rest of the clue? Is there a type of newt called an ask?

[doctordolittle]

Eft I meant not edit. Predictive texting ....

[scorpiojo]

See my answer at 13.36

[shoota]

30a Reader ?

[doctordolittle]

Teeters = ete (French for summer; nice bring in France) inside ters (terse = cut, short). Teeters = wavers

[doctordolittle]

Please expand your answer at 13.36 as I don't understand it

[shoota]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddi_Reader

And you are a 'reader' of the paper...

[scorpiojo]

26d What happens (event) when name is forgotten (evet)? Ask!

....ask/evet/eft...newt

[doctordolittle]

Reader fits better; that's you right now = reader of newspaper but what is the link with head of showbiz gang?

[fiction-factory]

Reader looks good if it fits with TEETERS- although I would never have thought of her from Fairground Attraction from the clue.
I think it's the eft one that DrD wans parsing

[scorpiojo]

Gang of Four. See Shoota's link ^^^^^^