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[JJ109]

Last two to parse please

24d old coin (no shilling) that may still be found (6)

E?TA?T - presumably EXTANT (that may still be found) Is a sextant an old coin as well as the navigational instrument?

36a Meat a bit off in Maxim's? (4) L?I?

If extant is correct then it is L?IN - presumably LOIN, but why?

Many thanks

[Neveracrossword]

24 Sextant, coin is in Chambers

[JJ109]

Thanks NAC - it isn't in Collins - but I thought it could be in Chambers!

[roslyn251254]

24d that's what i have...chambers ...a roman bronze coin

I have LOIN too ...from the clueclinic..

Perhaps not strictly a double definition clue, as the second answer is the French (ie “in Maxim’s [restaurant]?”) word for ‘far away’ or ‘distant’ (‘a bit off’), which since it is not in Chambers could not stand as the sole definition in a definition + wordplay clue.

[JJ109]

Many thanks to both of you!