Ft 15844

[depresion]

27a Male favourite banned from tournament for it (7) C?I?I?N. Thanks!

[dannyk13]

Coition?

[depresion]

Can you parse that for me?

[mac44]

co(m pet)ition

[dannyk13]

Competition (tournament) minus m(male) & pet(favourite)

[Gill55]

You beat me again Danny but I think the word is a bit risqué for the answer but the only one I could find unless any letters are wrong!

[dannyk13]

Parsed above Gill

[depresion]

Thanks for the explanation(s). Makes perfect sense now!(I had triple checked all the interlocking answers before resorting to AB - just needed explanations of how the answer fitted the clue, and, as always, you obliged)