Hi normchurch - it's always nice to include the number of letters & to show any you've placed so that people without the puzzle can more readily help :-)
Lie-in King, thank you. There was a reason I did not include letters but I won't go into that. Suffice to say I've been doing this xword for more than 30 years -- since Michael Mepham's day -- and I think I know what's what.