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[wallykins]

18d great number wanting starter with full flavoured exotic meat(7) -s -----; 24d metal electric wire (4) ; 26a last character driven from pirates home in atonement (7) -e-----;

[bert_h]

18d (M)OST-RICH.

[bert_h]

... or maybe (H)OST-RICH, but it's the same answer.

[factor-fiction]

saw ostrich answered in Crosswords earlier

[Lie-in King]

18d Ostrich - '(h)ost' (great number, no starter) + 'rich' (full-flavoured)
24d Lead - double meaning
26a Penance - no 'Z' (last character) in "(Pirates of) Pen(z)ance"

[factor-fiction]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1275416.html

[wallykins]

Many thanks - didn't think of that!

[wallykins]

Many thanks Lie in King - ^hat's another one finished!