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[Ali-Kat]

8a Gamekeeper holds back sword (4)
I have -P-O

22a American writer carrying Times around display (4)
I have E-P-

Any help appreciated – they're my last two.

[Jumbuck]

8a EPEE

22d EXPO

[andymccl]

EPEE - backwards in Gamekeeper

22A I think Expo but not sure why?

[Ali-Kat]

Thanks to you both.

Had to revise 7d from "For the chop" to "Get the chop", but still don't understand 22a.

[Jumbuck]

american writer must be Edgar Allan Poe, and times = X (arithmetic)

around must mean anagram in this case rather than the usual backwards instruction, but still doesn't seem quite right

[Ali-Kat]

Thanks, Jumbuck.
I think you are right, but it's not the best of clues.

[kalahari12]

I think the "around" means mix up poe & x. I agree that it is a poor clue.