Spectator 2577

[hankir]

Help with:
Supported DUP, the old leaders having deserted (6)

[bookbinder]

upheld

[Neveracrossword]

A clever clue (in a not very clever puzzle) - you lose the first letters, leader having deserted, of Dup the....

[bookbinder]

(D)up (t)he (o)ld

[Neveracrossword]

Bookbinder, I should have waited a minute or two! I liked the wordplay in that clue, so was keen to share it with hankir(an old friend).

[bookbinder]

C'est la vie!

[hankir]

Thank you, bookbinder and NAC.
I should have seen the wordplay.
I made the mistake of putting S as the last letter of 42a.

[hankir]

Yes NAC, you have always been very helpful.
Thanks for being a friend.