Spectator 2476

[hankir]

need help with:

11. Quiet street cleaner (7)

Cannot parse 10a. The first 5 letters mean verify. But not sure what old archdeacon found in spring give to the answer.

Is the third letter of 1a = B?
is first letter of 23d = H? Though no across matches that answer.

I need two letters.
What is the first letter of 8d?
And the third letter of 31d?

Thanks.

[Neveracrossword]

10. O Ven old archdeacon, inside Prance, spring.

[ProfessorMaisie]

Yes for 1a and 23d

[ProfessorMaisie]

8d O
31d I

[ProfessorMaisie]

11 is an obscure double def for a common word meaning neat and tidy.

[hankir]

Thanks NAC and ProfessorM.

What is 11d?

[ProfessorMaisie]

ORDERLY

[hankir]

Thanks ProfessorM.
I thought of orderly but could not parse it.

[ProfessorMaisie]

I had to check Chambers for the definitions, hankir - the second one ('a street cleaner') was a surprise.

[hankir]

Thanks ProfessorM.

When in doubt, check TCD.