Spectator N0 2513

[Matakari]

Good evening, some answers/hints would be much appreciated for the
following, please! Thanks in advance!
ACROSS:
12 Swats young bee eludes (4) : ??M?
14 Feel fond of fighting terrible Tom (6, two words): ?A?L??
24 Medium river not quite so long (5) : ?A??M??
25 Gallic goats stink unless carefully sluiced initially (5) : ?O???
DOWN:
3 The old piercing violin went wrong (7) : ?????E?
15 ‘Request’ boffin’s job (8) : ?S?AR??
19 Napoleon’s engineer given uniform to check supply of food boxes (8) : ?????A?D
22 Olympian satisfied tucking into venison (7) : ??M??R?

[bobbinwales]

bouchard may well be right as he was an engineer
Still puzzling over word play

[cashier]

19 Uniform-u
Check-ch
Food supply-board
Therefore Bouchard, as stated, uch in board

[bobbinwales]

Good one cashier- so the boxes means the BOARD 'boxes in' the UCH

[bobbinwales]

Does any one know the correct pattern for 14. We know pattern is wrong but dont know which or if both is wrong

[ProfessorMaisie]

14 is an anagram and the 'L' should be 'M'

[ProfessorMaisie]

sorry, the anagram part is the last 3 letters.

[bobbinwales]

Got it. 4,2. Thanks

[neversaydie]

Supply of food = board which boxes ( goes around ) u(niform) ch(eck)

[bobbinwales]

I'm certainly warming to this crossword.

[cashier]

Sorry bobb, I wasn't ignoring you, yes boxes means surrounds.

[bobbinwales]

Two answers beginning with BOUC. That can't happen very often

[cashier]

I didn't know Bouc was a goat. I thought the word was chevre, meaning goat, not specifically a female goat.

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, I hope you're less distracted now - and all these answers should fill in much of the grid for you!

[johnpiper]

I only have one left today which is 2D
where i have FELO? Maybe the E is incorrect

Mighty old sore (5)

Any help greatly received

thanks inadvance

[Neveracrossword]

Johnpiper, your letters are correct. The word is fairly normal, usual - but I'd never known it to have that meaning. It's more commonly associated with bad people!

[Matakari]

Johnpiper, I'm almost done. 2D is one that I've just got:
Felon ( https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/felon)

[Matakari]

Happy to have cracked the announcement for this Golden anniversary! It was fun! I’m left now with four niggling clues
for which I would appreciate some help. Thanks in advance!
36 (A) In Germany, many contend with the French (5) :???EE
39 (A) Ruler about to make old lines (4) : RI?E
26 (D) Hail damages leaves around treetop (7) : S?L?ETE
28(D) As team has lost its last two, I start to cry (7) : A?S??IC

[shaneystar2]

Vie le (Viele,German for many)
Rime (Emir reversed)
Salvete (anag leaves and t) Hail=a salute
Arsenic (arsenal loses last two letters) then I C (i cry)
As= symbol for arsenic

[Matakari]

Many thanks, Shaneystar, for the comprehensive parsing! I had all of them except 36A, but just could not find the rationale for them.