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Spectator N0 2627 By La Jerezana

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Matakari | 15:33 Sun 22nd Oct 2023 | Crosswords
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Hi there, NACW, ten days now in Trinidad & Tobago and enduring some temperatures between 29 and 33 degrees. In my busy schedule, I got a chance to look at the Spectator and was pleased to find La Jerezana who reminds me very much of Doc. The theme looks pretty cool, but I am stuck on three clues for which I would appreciate answers. Thanks in advance!

1a   Tramp with extremely dirty pet (5)  PA?D?  ( PADDY )
23a Company engaged in laundering, ignoring a stockholder (7) CO??HED
18d Superhero skewered by European cartoonist (7 ) ?ATE?A?

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1 Yes, Paddy, pet, tantrum. Pad, tramp, with the extreme letters  of Dirty - so Dy.

 

23 Cowshed, stockholder, a place that holds stock, cattle. Co,company and W(a)ashed. laundering, ignoring a.

 

18d batman with E inside gives a cartoonist

Sorry, Matakari, I forgot my manners. Thanks for the update, though it aroused feelings of great envy - 30 degrees would be lovely.

 

18 Batman is the superhero, skewered by/pierced by E, European, giving Bateman, a famous cartoonist.

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Many thanks, NACW and saladdodger,  I got 1 and 23 but could not parse them. To wrap this up now, a final clue for parsing also. Thanks again!
31d Check fans turned up on time (5) ?TUNT    (STUNT  )

Nuts (fans) reversed & t(ime)

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Many thanks, Toorak, it's done now! And it was quite interesting!

I have one left:

15D Endless bore finally extinguishing cigarette butt (6)

S _ O O G _

I know it must be stooge, i.e. synonym of 'butt', but the rest of the reasoning escapes me.  So infuriating!

Wrd456, I think it's Stood, put up with, bore... then endless, so Stoo. The 'finally extinguishing cigarette' gives the G and E.

Of course, thank you NAC - I don't think I would have ever spotted that.

Wrd456, glad I could help.

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