Guardian Genius 224

[Goldilock5]

3D Spanish city largely associated with aromatic plant (7),11A Observe backward manner in a liberal Journalist regarding a public certifier (8). any help appreciated.

[ProfessorMaisie]

3d 'Spanish city largely' = LEO(n)+NARD ('aromatic plant').
11a NOTARIAL 'observe' = NOT[e] reversed [extra 'e'] + AIR('manner') inside A+L

[ProfessorMaisie]

...'journalist' is the extra word in 11a

[ProfessorMaisie]

...sorry, it's AIR that's reversed (not 'observe').

[Goldilock5]

Thank yo very much, I struggled with parsing on both of them, cheers.

[bobbinwales]

Cryptic's are hard enough already without these extra instructions