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[iggymiggy]

21d medicinal spa sorts out bad thumb (3,4)
17a it's difficult holding duck in reserve (5)
24a order a fresh pearl initially for pendant(7)
28a electrical device fit to be installed in bad road(7)
18a clothes are becoming more expensive(3-2)

[MargoTester]

Mud bath
Hoard
Ear drop
Adaptor
Get up

[aelmpvw]

21d mud bath must be right but it isn't an anagram of bad thumb?

[MargoTester]

Anagram bad thum(b)

[MargoTester]

Sorry - clue read -' ignoring foot'

[aelmpvw]

thank you, still don't like it :-)

[aelmpvw]

ah, that helps

[dannyk13]

Can't see a problem 'b'is at the foot of thumb

[aelmpvw]

'ignoring foot' wasn't in the poster's original clue

[dannyk13]

Sorry Ael but you posted your dislike after Margot posted amendment.

[MargoTester]

I think it was a case if crossed posts Danny looking at the times

[aelmpvw]

crossed posts danny, i'm getting slow in my old age :-)

[aelmpvw]

ooops, happened again ...

[iggymiggy]

thanks