Christmas Spectator Crossword ( Happy New Year, All...)

[Matakari]

Happy New Year! Fascinated by the astute theme word, and most of unclueds found except 24a, 38a, 86a (with it ), 15d. Answers for the following would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
11a Skill securing character hard food (5): ?N???
19a Husband loves wrong clothes? It’s a cert (4-2) : ???O??
21a Decorative material put round tree lacking width (6,4) :P?????E???
37a Heavyweight punching pilot directly (2,4) : AT?N?P
40 a Cattle each in early development stage (4) : Z?E? ( ZOEA )
9 d Composer, Asian, penning line (4) : L???
10d It’s put on e.g. Oxford building with nothing in (5) : ?H???

[bobbinwales]

19a first thought odds on but wrong pattern

[TheWinner]

I think that's a good guess Bobb. Maybe some letters are wrong.

[Captain2]

9d La-l-o

[bobbinwales]

37a AT ONCE? (if your letter wrong)

[bobbinwales]

Zoea looks ok

[Neveracrossword]

19 Shoo In

10 Shoed (answered previouslu on AB)

Matakari, did you go back to the earlier threads - people gave you lots of answers?

[Captain2]

Is this the fourth set of questions from the same Spectator?

[bobbinwales]

Ah yes... I remember shoed now from before Xmas

[Neveracrossword]

Yes, Captain2, I think it's over 50 now - and it is a Jumbo.

[bobbinwales]

I remember shoo-in aswell now

[ProfessorMaisie]

21 PILLOW LACE

[ProfessorMaisie]

11 ARNUT

[bobbinwales]

H OO in SIN

[bobbinwales]

ARNUT dont fit the pattern though... although I was expecting the ART bit

[bobbinwales]

must be though Nu in ART

[Neveracrossword]

Bobbinwales, Arnut was definitely correct. Errors in the given letters are ... quite lilely!