Spectator 2600

[solidair123]

I have all the unclued but I need help/hints on the following.
1a Chap primarily revered among classic characters chr??
17a Said learned Cockney was criminal er??? (erred ??)
33a Take two cities to arise periodically ?e??r
4d Who won't get up presumably surrounded outcrop ??li?r
19d Not approving poor visual pun by earl ?n?l??ci?e

[Sam1960]

4. inlier

[Toorak]

19 unplausive

Anagram of visual pun e

[Toorak]

Sorry - just realised you requested hints

[ProfessorMaisie]

1a male name - 4 letter Greek letters on the outside.
17a yes, - cockney 'h' dropped sounds like '(h)eard'
33 usual 'take' abbrev - 2 letters each for the cities (the last one is ancient/primitive.

[klazomaniac]

Good evening solidair, If you have all the unclued, then this will help with 1a

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/fifty-years-of-the-spectator-crossword/

Scroll down to Pabulum (it will make sense).
Magoo had a little laugh with us ;-)

Evening Prof M :-)
What do you think about the first of the two cities ?
It just doesn't work for me (It is partial)
Asking as you may be able to enlighten me.
Hoping you're good mate :-)

[klazomaniac]

Ps solidair, It's the whole of the top line !

[ProfessorMaisie]

Hello klazo, I've got used to East Central for 'The City' (area of London) and it has a very long history in crosswords - I know what you mean about it being 'partial', though.
By the way, this week's Listener is very neat again - although the grid search is more complex this time (Saturday's Inquisitor is good too, but took me twice as long to finish).
Goodnight klazo.

[klazomaniac]

Thanks Prof M
Glad you agree.
But if it's been circulating for a long time, I guess I'll have to accept it.
Got some friends over from Germany. So no puzzles for me this weekend :-(

[ProfessorMaisie]

Enjoy the break, klazo (should be fun}.