From the answer to most clues, a letter must be deleted
wherever it appears before entry; definitions refer to the full
unmutilated answer, wordplay and numbers in brackets to the grid
entry ( 4 clues are normal)
1a Flowering shrub noticed by old plot of ground! (8) For the grid entry so far i have SE???L??
25a Journalist returns with translator initially to investigate network unravelling, once (7)
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7d One who acquiesces about to join in (6) ??N?E?