I found this, on an American site, so I'll try it

....you take the cover off from around the steering column (3 Phillips screws IIRC) and the cover that is right above your knees as you drive (2 more Phillips screws IIRC). That will expose two more screws that are the only thing holding the hood on. Grab it firmly and pull towards you. You will feel like it is breaking and sound it will make when it releases will seem to confirm that - don't worry.

 

and this picture of the underside

Basically, once you've removed the trim around the steering column and unscrewed the 4 front instrument hood screws, you need to feel under the dash for the two front clips shown above and separate them as best as possible from the dash. You then curl your fingers between the instrument panel's plastic and the top of the hood (you can easily force your fingers in between them), get a reasonably good fingertip grip on the hood and pull it sharply straight back towards the steering wheel. DO NOT PULL UPWARD! - this would brake the clips or supporting pin at the rear. It will make a large CRACK/SNAP sound but that's just the clips releasing.

There are 3 harness connections at the top rear of the instrument cluster that need to be removed to pull the instrument cluster out completely.

 

Just yank it towards you.

 

Got the darn thing off.
just yanking it was futile until the bottom clips were released.

then I yanked it off :dance: