Phoenix Magazine June 16Th 2017

[vinpaul]

Any help appreciated

27 ac “Intrepid Explorers find one in the docks” (8) M?????R? Could this be MARINERS
23dn “Might this allude, around the end of June, to what might be part of 3 down” (6) R???E? [3dn is STASH] Could be REEFER which rules out MARINERS
24dn “It starts and ends city of cats but it’s also about a very big city” (5) ???Y?

[dannyk13]

27a.Pioneers - one inside piers(docks)

[dannyk13]

Any more letters for 24d?

[donny48]

Tokyo

[donny48]

I am now trying to parse, but i can't think of another city that would fit.

[donny48]

Also = TOO
starts and ends 'something' of cats = K(itt)Y
courtesy of Captain
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1557005.html

[donny48]

Maybe

Too round K(ilkenn)Y

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilkenny_cat

Kilkenny is a city.
courtesy of Mamya

[vinpaul]

Thanks guys
Pioneers fits perfectly. I made an error.
27dn reads "Locals report bacilli started in infectious material frm abscesses" That is PUBS which fits with PIONEERS.
24 dn has to be TOKYO.