Rte 47

[scooke]

firstly thanks for the last answers, only 3 to finish it
17d o, right, up to speed?(2,3,4,)?n,the,l???
27d ambiguous to say if school kids would take it or not(4,5)f???,?l?r?

[MargoTester]

17 in the lead

[scorpiojo]

In the loop

[scorpiojo]

Suggestions for 27

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1455619.html

[fiction-factory]

On teh otehr thread teh last word was thought to be CLASS. I'm struggling to parse fake class and it's not term I've heard before, but the RTE wordplay is soometimes very iffy

[fiction-factory]

free class is perhaps more likely as it's a known term but I can't parse it (sounds like freak class?)