Ev 1670

[professorplum13]

There will be clashes so crossers may not help...

Some clues have an extra word but not these 2 clues...

23a Celebrity's taken in by the method of extremely little food(6)    

40a Sceptically seek sociable type (6)

[Neveracrossword]

40 Askant, definition in Chambers,  Ask and Ant, 

[bookbinder]

23a star ve

[professorplum13]

Thank you NACW and bookbinder

[Neveracrossword]

I think 23 is Famine, very little food - Fame, celebrity, with In inside?

[professorplum13]

Thanks again NACW....i've corrected the crossing down answer  and famine fits now

[ProfessorMaisie]

23a Is a straight clue ''by the method of'' = IN [which is ''taken in'']. As there isn't an extra word in the answer, the entry is altered thematically.

[professorplum13]

I seem to be missing the Z to A change....