The Week 629

[toalisi]

Stuck in bottom half.
21acr- Secret Service maintaining strictly correct relations (3.4)

23acr- Hot tripe with cold meat pie has me coming out in a rash (11)

21dn- Few standards maintained in expanding London area (6)

18dn- Note United in one last arrangement with City (8)

[pbeach]

23a precipitous

[pbeach]

18d istanbul

[vegasmad]

have you got any of the letters for these words yet?

[slaney]

21a S u(b ros)a

[pbeach]

Slaney - Damn - just worked that one out :-)

[kayakamina]

I think 23 is Precipitate rather

* (hot) tripe c(cold) pie (me)at

[kayakamina]

21a S exact s

[slaney]

21d S(pars)e

[pbeach]

K - I would agree

[kayakamina]

18d Istanbul... * 1 last +nb (note) U (united)

[kayakamina]

Sorry pbeach didn't see your post re Istanbul.

[pbeach]

At least I got that one right - apologies re. precipitous... close but no cigar

[toalisi]

wow thanks all.

[slaney]

Sorry about 21a - K correct as ever!

[pbeach]

Slaney - I thought sub rosa seemed the logical answer too, until K stepped in. :-)