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[towerman]

need help on the last three

23a flag on newspaper cover (8)

21d bird taking flower on lake (5)

24d a play not to miss (3)

[patsyjmdc]

23a: Masthead
21d: Ousel
24d: Hit

[towerman]

thanx

[eddiebun]

If you're still there patsyjmdc - what do you get for

8d Doesn't go without a group of singers (6)

If I'm right I have A?A?T?

I'm thinking Awaits ( for doesn't go ) but I can't get the rest of the clue

Thanks

[kettledrum]

WAITS are carol singers - people who go round outside singing carols outside people's doors.

[eddiebun]

Thanks kettledrum - special thanks since this site is SO unusable at the moment.