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[quizzer01]

sorry last three ,must be braindead tonight
17d poetically opposite (7) ?n?e?s?
21d paper weapon found over motorway (4) e?a?
24a prickly pear`s opened in wrong year initially (5) sp?n?

[sandyRoe]

24 spine?

[Fibonacci]

17d inverse

[Fibonacci]

21d exam

[rsvp]

24a spiny

[quizzer01]

why spine sandyRoe ,i thought it might have been spiny ,dont know why

[sandyRoe]

RSVP also suggested spiny. I withdraw my guess.

[quizzer01]

thank you all ( if anyone is interested the wordfinder is Doctors ) thanks again

[ladyalex]

Can someone please explain Spiny and exam to me ?
Thanks. :-))

[Fibonacci]

exam - axe (weapon) in reverse + m (motorway)

[rsvp]

24a pear s opened (first letter) =ps
before in =psin
year initially =y
therefore anagram (wrong) of psiny = spiny

[ladyalex]

Thank you Fibonacci and rsvp. A bit too tortuous for me...

:-))

[bibblebub]

pear`s opened = P [first letter of 'pear']
in = put ^ inside...
wrong = SIN
year initially = Y [first letter of 'year']

SpIN Y

[quizzer01]

thanks for explaining Fibonacci and rsvp

[ladyalex]

Thanks, to Bibblebub too.

Do you all figure out the clues this way, or do you make a stab at the answers then figure out how the clue works ?