Mephisto 2432

[JMR27]

Good morning all. Hope someone can help with the last two - 1a Fighting in packs one side of London (8)
ba???ing I think it's battling but I don't understand the clue.
19a Type of bandage wound around leg with no end of pus (4) p?c? I think it might be pica but, again, I can't fathom the logic of the clue.
Any help gratefully received.

[Quizmonster]

Battling is correct. In cricket, the batting side is 'in' and 'L' is one side of the word 'London'....the 'L' is inside - ie packed by - batting.

[JMR27]

Hi Quizmonster and thanks very much for your answer - that's 1a sorted.

[Quizmonster]

Oops! Pica is a 'type' style...a sort of a font, as it were. I couldn't fathom any other reason for putting that in on Sunday morning! Still can't!

[JMR27]

aha - at long last, I've twigged it! spica (Chambers: a bandage wound round an injured limb) minus the "s" (end of pus) = pica (it's only taken me all week!)

[Quizmonster]

Oh, good! I knew there was an 's' missing from somewhere but putting it at the start of the word must have been the only position I didn't check out...plonker!