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Times Cryptic 27,948
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Very grateful for all help with these clues please.
1ac: “Depressingly little is invested in home improvements (8).”
2dn: “Potential killer of fish in strait and river (9).”
6dn: “Capital fellow on the Spanish Main? (7).”
16dn: “Flier uncovered book of navigational routes (7).”
24ac: “Cut juice to noisily swallow new socially-acceptable round (6).”
1ac: “Depressingly little is invested in home improvements (8).”
2dn: “Potential killer of fish in strait and river (9).”
6dn: “Capital fellow on the Spanish Main? (7).”
16dn: “Flier uncovered book of navigational routes (7).”
24ac: “Cut juice to noisily swallow new socially-acceptable round (6).”
Answers
1a Dismally - 'small' (little, in) 'DIY' 2d Strangler - 'angle' (fish, in) 'str(ait) + r(iver)' 6d Managua - 'man' + 'agua' (Sp. "water"; main; sea) 16d (p)Ortolan (book of routes, uncovered) 24a Unplug - 'gulp (noisily swallow) n(ew) u( pper- class)' (round; back)
16:53 Sat 10th Apr 2021