Iq 1781

[hankir]

Some clues have an extra word which should be removed.

11 Sprayed Fairy Liquid, killing fly swimming in drink (8)

22 Audacity of old tutors warning senior colleague (8)

3d Prorogue opening of Senate after scathing pieces from the press (8)

16d Excess drink bottles back in wine vault (8)

Thanks.

[Neveracrossword]

3 D, First word is extra/thematic. Cuttings. pieces from the press (Cutting, scathing +S, senate)

[scorpiojo]

1 Daiquiri anag fairy liquid minus fly

[hankir]

Thanks NAC and scorpiojo.
Finding this tough.
Have several extra words but have not found what similarity they have.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Hankir. In 22, 'tutors' is extra- that might help you see what the similarity is. The answer, Forehead, is 'audacity'.

[Neveracrossword]

16 Overleap, vault, jump. Over, excess, Lap, drink with the E from the end (back) of 'wine' inside.

[hankir]

Thanks NAC.
I had Forehead but have never thought of it as Audacity.
I see some Fish in extra words. We will see.

[Slugabed]

Evening all - finished the grid (unusually!) yesterday lunch time, and I have the thematic, anagrammed words, and the book, and who thanked, for what, before going etc. etc.. Although I have some ideas about what to remove, and potentially what might replace it, scanning at the grid for hours today hasn't helped. Any hints greatly appreciated!

[ProfessorMaisie]

You've found everything you need for the replacement, slugabed - 'so long...'

[Slugabed]

I'm being thick Masie So long a the...for......the f... and the large brained aquatic mamals departed the 3rd planet from our sun.... so a word for thank you replacing a 5 letter word for a very large body of water? Or a worf for a large numer of f...? LOL

[Slugabed]

OK got it thanks prof Masie!