The Week 916

[Aquagility]

Unsure of two.
16d. Food in a mess for privates? (8) ??N?H?O? Luncheon? Why? Lunch Box? Two words, surely?
15a. Foreign guide cut TEFL publication (7) L?A???T Leaflet? Why?

[bert_h]

'lunchbox' is media-speak for a man's genitals.

[toalisi]

Lea(d) + anag tefl

[Quizmonkey]

Lea(d) = guide cut
+ TEFL (anagrammed - foreign is the indicator)

[Aquagility]

Thank you all. I should have got 15a, of course. But bert_h, in all my 88 years, including time spent in all three services, I've never heard of that! Maybe my generation was a bit more fastidious!

[dannyk13]

Lea(d) + anagram of tefl

[bert_h]

Aquagility - I'm entirely with you. It's a pretty recent coinage, perhaps starting with Linford Christie but I think no earlier.

[Aquagility]

Thanks, Bert. Now I get it!

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