Times Club Monthly 20147 Saturday December 1St 2012

[xwordnewbie]

Stuck on the last few and in need of help please.
24ac Great triumph of Ceausescu, managed after each escapes (6,3) No idea what this could be but letters I have are ??C?E, ???
26ac Backing one such as Callaghan secures English period of modernisation (5). I feel there should be PM (backwards?)and E somewhere in it but all I have is
m????
Thanks in advance

[slaney]

24a Succes fou - anagram of 'of Ceausescu' after removing ea(ch)

[slaney]

Meiji - backing i jim around e

[xwordnewbie]

Many thanks for that - I should have realised it was an anagram

[xwordnewbie]

And thanks again Slaney, Jim Callaghan of course (not that I've ever heard of meiji, you certainly learn some new words doing these crosswords)

[slaney]

You certainly do - I've filed away Meiji - doubtless to be forgotten by the end of the day!