Ft Crossword 14908

[mikem004]

1d) My bad clue Pam Ayres initially revised (3,5)
M--/-----

3d) Cut nothing, cutting nothing up (4)
L---
Could be "loop" = lop + o

20a) Retiring mentor starts to unite a young country (7)
-R-G---

[scorpiojo]

1 Mea Culpa

[scorpiojo]

Anag clue Pam A

[Lie-in King]

1d Mea culpa ("My bad"; "I'm to blame") - anag 'clue Pam A(yres)'
3d Loin (cut) - 'o' (nothing, cutting; in) 'nil' (up)
20a Uruguay - 'guru' (mentor, ack) + starts of 'u(nite) a y(oung)'

[mikem004]

Thanks.
May as well finish them...
10a) Emergency operation for learner in first-rate division (7)
A-R-I-T
12a) Party putting 20 to sleep(4)
U-I-
20a is "uruguay"
8d) Tale about revolutionary songs (6)
L-E-E-
18d) Standard look also included, musically speaking (8)
-A-L-N-O
"rallento", maybe? No idea why, though.

[scorpiojo]

8 lie (tale) der (Red, revolutionary reversed)

[scorpiojo]

18 par l and o

[scorpiojo]

Airlift - A 1 r L ift

[Lie-in King]

10a Airlift - 'l(earner)' (in) 'A1 rift'
12a U(ruguay)-KIP
8d Lieder (songs) - 'lie' (tale) + 'red' (revolutionary, about)
18d Parlando - 'par' (standard) + 'and' (also, in) 'lo(ok)'