Guardian Sat 1 Oct

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Help please with the following ...

1a _ U _ C _ M _  Regurgitated slime covers colt born to die (7) SUCCUMB?? If so, why?

27a N _ _ _  Top of pole badly opposed to 10 (4) (answer to 10 is "WILL") NILL?? If so, why?

21d E _ R _ _ _ G  Sound brrier broken by quiet listeners (7) EARRING?? If so, why?

Any help greatly appreciated and thanks in advance.

[lelliej]

1a you have mucus backwads around c for colt and then b for born - to succumb to something can mean to die from it - thinking about the others 

[Quizmonkey]

Nill means 'will not' according to Chambers so it's the opposite of will. I finished it but can't for the life of me remember what 21d was!

[Quizmonkey]

I remember! It was EARPLUG - two words for listener (ear and lug) broken by P for quiet (piano)

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Thanks to all three of you. Very quick as well.

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Errr sorry, thanks to both of you