The sun must have baked my brain, cant make sense of 5a) It's not input for a start! O----E (6), 16a) Statesman wot left Hungary A--U--S (7) 23a) A guy's backward-looking face S--C (4) 26a Some blokes being creeps S----L (6) and is 11d Lotuses or tousels?
I am struggling with this one as well.
5a - outset.
26a - sid les.
11d - lotuses are bloomers i.e. flowers.
23a - I have si?e. 7d is thoughtless.
16a - I have a??u??h. see thoughtless.
it could be anguish or Anouilh(Jean, french author)but
I can't see how either fits the clue.
This compiler gets more ridiculous every week.