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Guardian Prize Crossword 27,956 Saturday October 19 2019

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plutocrat | 04:56 Sat 19th Oct 2019 | Crosswords
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Its a Vlad, so I'm not going to waste brain cycles on trying to parse his clues! I'll ask here instead! So I've jammed in words that fit and have the feeling that most of them are correct, which is about as good as it gets for me with Vlad. But there's one clue left and I can't think of a word which fits, so I think I must have messed up somewhere.
Film wildlife — only the second omnivore (5) C_A_I
I'm sure of the C.
The A belongs to 11a 20 across content to look a pillock (5). I have OKAPI which is hidden in the clue. 20 across was BROWSER, so I don't really get the parsing. Is OKAPI right?
The I belongs to 13a Fraud succeeded, turning over liberal (9). I have SWINDLING, which I couldn't parse, so I suspect the error is here.
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Coati ?
05:04 Sat 19th Oct 2019
Coati ?
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COATI apparently. Who knew ..
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Thanks Emeritus. Typed at the same time. If anyone can shed light on the other two clues parsing, that would be good.
TBH I really didn't get the parsing on 50% of the clues. Just can't get Vlad.
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OK, WINDING around L, with a random S at the front. Getting there
both are correct - content as in middle and s winding around l for liberal
An okapi is a browsing animal.

Have you got any clue about the parsing of 5 down (SEA-GIRT)?
Set as in sun around reverse riga capital
....OK.

And what about BIRETTA as the definition of 20D(I can see the construction just fine)? I think that, and the constructions of 9D and 23D are the only ones I can't justify.
Chance bet around ir for Irish and ta initials
Yeah, like, I said, I get the construction, but why is "Goes straight to father's head" a clue to the definition?
...because a biretta is worn by a priest, a father.
That sorts that perfectly, thanks. In fuzzy not fully-awake mode I was confusing BIRETTA with BERETTA and thought the clue was something about shooting people.

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