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[chrisrim555]

20d - I book in less transport for children? (7)

M?N?B?S probably minibus why?. my problem is the reference to children

If wrinkled retainer close to a corporation is not scrotum (S?R?T??) (19a) then M is wrong

[biley]

Minibus is correct - I and B (for book) in MINUS (less).

[chrisrim555]

Thanks biley

[biley]

I worked that one out ok but cannot fathom how scrotum was reached - wrinkled retainer = scrotum yes but could you enlighten me how the rest of the clue fits? Thanks.

[gen2]

If you take one meaning of the word 'corporation' to be 'body' (corpus is Latin for body), then the clue reads:
Wrinkled retainer close to a body.
the answer to which could very well be 'scrotum'

[geo0939]

I don't think it is so obscure if you think of corporation as ( NO OFFENCE BEERBELLY) beerbelly.

[Aperio]

Wrinked retainer is close to the tum(=Corporation) perhaps?

[chrisrim555]

Thanks for the comments. I had the scrotum as the wrinkled container and corporation being body/stomach with the scrotum being near the stomach/body its seems to fit!