Guardian 24587

[Old Gits]

Thanks for all help already received. Still stuck!
Pest in one year having a loss (7 letters)
What retains vessel is not available as it isn't old age (3,3)
Defective part in forerunners of the Web having band of brothers at the end of the line (2,3) something fly???
Cannot believe we are this thick!

[BigDave44]

3 The answer has been given as "We few" - I add the following observations that have been made by kayakamina and others:

"The palindrome is WE FEW

Quote from Shakespeare..' We few, we happy few . we band of brothers' "

It is also part of a longer palindrome:
"Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to a new era."

[BigDave44]

All of the usual suspects seem to have retired for the night !!

2 "New Era" - ewer inside na

1 has been given as "annoyer", which is (almost) an anagram

[BigDave44]

3. I woke up this morning and realised that I had omitted the initial wordplay. dEFEctive (part) in WWw (forerunners of the Web)

[offramp_t]

I wonder how many of the clues in this Guardian 24587 have appeared here at Answerbank? It seems like almost every one!

[BigDave44]

Perhaps they should call it the Guardian Stinker !!

[Old Gits]

I'm thinking of writing to Auracaria! But maybe this way they get fewer entries, but maybe less sales of the paper too.