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[Duncer]

25A Where MPs stay to protect their chamber ?U?R?H?U?E Gaurdhouse fits, but how do you arrive at that, if in fact you do?

26D Mineral layer in deep mass ?E?M

I'm thinking seam, but, again, I baffled as to how to derive that from the clue?

[ladyalex]

25a Guard=protect
MPs' chamber = the HOUSe of Commons
Is what I'd say....

[york310]

GUARD (PROTECT) HOUSE (S OF PARLIAMENT)

[JMR27]

Military police/guardhouse and Members of parliament guard house/protect chamber.
sea m

[ladyalex]

26s The Deep = SEA
Mass= M
SEAM= Mineral Layer
A bit more confident of that one.

[york310]

deep (sea) m(ass)

[Duncer]

Thanks guys, and it would probably help if I was able to spell guardhouse?

Any ideas for my seam?

[Duncer]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, now I see, said the blind man.

Thanks a lot for the help folks - you've made a happy man very old.

[ladyalex]

Happy to have aged you . :-))

[octogenarian]

Guardhouse----------where military police stay on guard-------26d SEAM -------a stratum of mineral such as coal etc

[Duncer]

The guardhouse clue was confusing me because I was shortsightedly seeing MPs as those corrupt denizens of Westminster rather than Military Police.

[Duncer]

Ladyalex - feel free to age me any time :-)