Rte 27

[scooke]

9a what a disappointment after i claim tax reassessment(10)a???c?i???
4d what might be on for an interview,mam, is just the luck of the draw!(1,3)?,??e
7d so we hear an innocuous imprecation(4)???n
27d pip?, what the dickens is this, so we hear?(4)s?e?
20a departed firm, desperately difficult!(4,4)?e?d,hard

[xacross]

9Anticlimax
4 A Tie
7Darn?
27 Seed

[Captain2]

9 Anticlimax
4 A Tie
7 Damn
27 Seed
20 Dead hard

I thank you. ;)))

[fiction-factory]

I am sure SEED is right but can someone explain the wordplay please, incuding the 'so we hear'

[fiction-factory]

I'm not sure whether damn or darn is right, and if so, why- again the clue doesn't seem to quite work

[scorpiojo]

Seed = sow...so, we hear.

[scorpiojo]

7 darn....sew, we hear

[fiction-factory]

Ah- thanks, So that explains DARN too

[Captain2]

Bear in mind FF we are talking about the RTE - again. Some strange clues every week. :))

[Captain2]

Ta Jo - that does make much better sense.

[scorpiojo]

Welcome, Captain. :-)