Rte 50

[scooke]

25a benefits from the odd thousand(8)???e??
16d masking the lone ranger was the price tonto ordered as a safeguard(10)p?????????
27a communist with the East and Middle East back to get back again(8)h???????

[sandyRoe]

16 protection

[dannyk13]

27a.Redeem - red(communist) + e(east) +me(middle east) reversed

[Mamyalynne]

25 Handouts

I assume you have transposed two different sets of info

[poorclare]

The clues and letters in this crossword are wrong

25a has only 6 letters
27a has 8 letters (handouts fits in with 27d hood)
so perhaps 25a is redeem

[ducksie]

that's correct poorclare, it is a typo in the mag, i said as much on another of scookes questions

[poorclare]

ah Thanks Ducksie, didn't know if it was my eyesight of this
laptop which is giving me a lot of trouble (the laptop is)
Hope you all have a lovely evening
Stay warm (it's freezing outside) Stay safe.

[ducksie]

You're welcome Clare, it is very cold, there is talk of snow this week ahhhhh - have a good night, it's not you or the laptop, just RTÉ seeing are we awake still