Bare Bones

[Babz]

Please can anyone help with 17D look for right city to back just the same R?C?? (I thought it might be recce but the last letter of that one is the second lettor of this one:) 22A It's knowledge to any trained person from African country ???Y?E

Thanks in advance (also from my hair if you stop me tearing it out :-) )

[johnalex]

Recur . . . . Right EC(city) UR(city)

[Meadow Lane]

22a Kenyan ?

[gen2]

I would strongly support RECCE as being correct
Look for = recce
Right = R
City = EC (East Central, London)
back just the same = CE (EC reversed)

Like you, I cannot get the other one.

[johnalex]

17d Recce . . . . Agree with gen2

[gen2]

And Meadow Lane is correct with Kenyan

KEN = knowledge
YAN = anagram of ANY (any trained)

[SMP]

22a. Kenyan - Ken (knowledge) yan (anag of any)

[johnalex]

22a Kenyan . . . . agree with M/Lane (assuming ???Y?N)

ken = knowledge
yan = any (anag)

[Babz]

Wow! That was a response, thanks very much everyone, I can finish it now
babz