Obi By Wan

[Matakari]

www.crossword.org.uk/obi.htlm
Good morning,
A great brain scorcher that keeps the neurons firing, hi hih hi! Out of my league here, but keep learning thanks to the erudition of people like ProfessorMaisie, Roslyn, NACW…
Far to go still with the following, please!
ACROSS:
15 US force is ready in Ethiopia (4) : ?IRR
18 Disaster forgetting one area creating birds’ areas (6) : CR?SSI
21 Rabbit on in church yard (5) : C?N?Y ( CONEY )
25 Tired member seen around club (4) ?ERG ( BERG )
27 Irish spirit is number 2 spirit of Egypt (5) : P?O?A ( POOJA )
33 Plants rarer in September on reflection (4) : PEA?
42 Sing in the French method (4) : L?NE
DOWN:
1 Twin town in Malta with one in Scotland (4) : S?TE
2 Commercial boy stops on account of works (5) : U?ERA
17 Gold sold for one (4) ??L?

[JJ109]

15 Birr (Ethiopian "ready" ie currency)

[JJ109]

21 Coney = correct
Coney (rabbit) = "on" (in) CE (churchof England) Y(ard) = C on E Y

[dannyk13]

21,Yes - on inside ce(church) + y (yard)

[JJ109]

18 Your second I is wrong
Crissa (birds' areas of feathers surrounding the cloaca) = Crisis (disaster) - i(one) = Criss + A(rea) = Crissa

[JJ109]

27 Pooka (an Irish malevolent spirit) = Poo (number 2s) + Ka (an egyptian spirit)

[JJ109]

33 Should this read "area" in September
If so, the A (area) in pes (sep/reversed) = Peas (plants)

[roslyn251254]

2d O in boy is extra...so per(by) inside O A

[JJ109]

42. I wish you had given the extra info on this question!!

Sing two extra letters (S & G) leaves "IN"
"in" (in) Le (the French) = Line (method)

[roslyn251254]

JJ109 ....he gave the info in his 1st thread LOL!

[roslyn251254]

25a .. is hidden in the clue reversed...after removing the 2 letters..

[ProfessorMaisie]

I 'w' extra def twin = MATE M(alta) + 'to[w]n' = T inside 'one in Scotland' = AE

[roslyn251254]

17d Gold (s)old for one ...for one player is the defn

[ProfessorMaisie]

17 SOLO ('sol' = 'gold') '[s]old' = O

[ProfessorMaisie]

sorry, roslyn - yours appeared only seconds after I posted (but many minutes before I even got around to typing mine - don't know how!).

[Matakari]

Thanks, Roslyn, I now have ?ERI for 25, but
do not see how the reversal works. I'll be having
a good look at the extras, if I find them all, to attack
the end game.
25(A) Tired member seen around club (4): ?ERI

[ProfessorMaisie]

Take the t+d from 'tIREd Member...' and read back the way (after letters are removed we're always left with real words, this time it's 'ire').

[Matakari]

Many thanks, all! I'll give this a rest and come back to the extra words later.