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[dreamer56]

Last few.
18 down appears to be WOOLLEN, but why?? Clangers are so modern to reflect about repeated old lines (7) W-O---N
20 dwn Cardinal opposed to 12's style of book?(7) E-----O
23 ac Left out of smaller shot in practice?(7) S---T-R
25 ac Author naively including an old character (5)--O-N
Many thanks.

[bookbinder]

25a thorn (it's an old letter)

[elliemay1]

25 thorn, in clue

[elliemay1]

20 What is answer to No. 12?

[bookbinder]

20 dwn. What does 12's style of book mean?

[dreamer56]

Many thanks. That makes 20 dwn EIGHTVO. ( By the way '12' was 'NOTHING')

[shoota]

18 New reversed around O(ld) repeated and l(ines) repeated

[elliemay1]

18 w ooll en
new reversed around oo ll

[shoota]

23a Scatter ? Shotgun pellets - scatter-gun?

[Mamyalynne]

23 S(l)ighter

[dannyk13]

oo(repeated old) +ll(repeated lines) inside new (modern) reversed
The Clangers is a TV series and the are made of wool.

[Toorak]

23 s(l)ighter

[dreamer56]

12 was 'NOTHING'.So now 23 ac is 'SIGHTER'.
But though I understand the parse for WOOLLEN, how does this mean Clangers? Is it simply that they 'are' woollen?

[dreamer56]

And EIGHTVO is a book size!

[Mamyalynne]

Yes

I have knitted a few Clangers.

[Toorak]

Clangers are so - woollen/ made of wool

[dannyk13]

dreamer // how does this mean Clangers? Is it simply that they 'are' woollen?//
See post at 13.32