Can you have a HELICOPTER without a PILOT? And how long has PANTOMIME been a dirty word?
As if in response to last weeks party-political obituary in a Times puzzle ...
10ac Not entirely dead, UKIP shows a pulse (5)
[some of the letters of dead UKIP]
16d Nervously cheer pilot in flying machine (10)
[anagram of cheer pilot]
13d Cheer pilot manoeuvringaircraft (10)
[anagram of cheer pilot]
22d Lowbrow entertainmentgod, turn over! (5)
[name of a god + abbreviation for turn over]
The ignorant, who for the Most parte are capable of nothing but dumbe shewes and noises
10d Mum, tipsy, fell missing last of steps (5-6)
[word for tipsy + word for fell without the last letter of steps]
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