Collosus No. 257, Giant Cryptic.

Do you want to give us the clues and letter counts please.

My apologises.
1 Across ??????S?O?
20 Across ????E?
60 Across M???N?
65 Across ??E??
73 Across N???????O?
Many thanks

To help you we also need the clues. Some of us don't have the magazines. We just love to help you work them out with our suggestions.

My apologies again, I'm new to this so thank you for your patience.

1 across Leave by means of space flight, ??????S?O?
20 across Linguist ultimately made sense of verb forms, ????E?
60 across Laments having little time to make runs, M???N?
65 across Various agencies can ignore military blackade, ??E??
73 across No French coin fit to use- it's true, N???????O?

Many thanks again.

60a MOURNS
65a SIEGE
73a NONFICTION

1 ac is PERMISSION. By means=PER. Space flight= MISSION
20ac is TENSES. linguist ultimately is T + sense, form's an anagram ie TENSES. (verb forms)
James

You're a star, thank you. Just 1 to go if I may be so bold.
63 down, ?E?E?T. Minstrel entered, about to give in.
Thanks yet again in advance.

Thanks for your help, you're a star.

relent may-be. minstREL ENTered.

So grateful. Thanks