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[picturepost]

9d phlebitis outbreak, shorten ceremony for play ?l?t?e?p?r??
22a excellent fish K???
17d painkiller annoyed stranger ?n?d???

[bibblebub]

9a) Blithe Spirit = anagram of phlebitis+rit(e)

17a) anodyne (anagram)

[factor-fiction]

pike?

[factor-fiction]

Ignore my 22a- my thesaurus confirms that the (obscure) synonym I was thinking of for excellent is PIKED not PIKE.
Is the K definitely right?
You may get more answers in Crosswords than Chatterbank

[factor-fiction]

kelp is slang for 'cool' which can mean the same as 'excellent' (he said, clutching at straws)

[picturepost]

thanks very much

[janbee]

brill?

[Hopkirk]

I think I have woken up in a parallel world.

[factor-fiction]

brill sounds better. Is it definitely only 4 letters?

[lankeela]

Don't understand you question - is it in code?

[squarebear]

It's a crossword clue. They've posted it in the wrong place.

[bibblebub]

clue numbers given correctly in subsequent posting http://www.theanswerb.../Question1186033.html

[factor-fiction]

It's not your typical Chatterbank post is it, lankeela.

The details given for 22a are wrong - it's 5 letters and there's no K in it. The answer brill, i recall