Listener N0 4765 - Character Recognition By Vagans

[Matakari]

Good day, I’m doing some mental gymnastics with Vagan’s “Character recognition”. There seems to be a fair share of anagrams here, but are quite tricky. I would appreciate some hints for the following and thanks in advance!
( Every clue contains a superfluous character that must be removed to enable solving. Removals always leave real words, sometimes needing spacing or punctuation adjusted. The removals in down clues form three groups of six; those in across clues describe another group, of which solvers must highlight four members (each in a straight line, 14 contiguous cells in all), thereby forming a fifth. The Chambers Dictionary (2016) is the primary reference; one answer is an abbreviation.)

ACROSS:
36 Washes out French article worn by male (7) LE?????

DOWN:
2 Band go bad after depression (6) : CO?C??
8 Opine Amir ill when mixing lubricant (10, two words): MIN???????
12 Will, perhaps, of some sad Parisian couple leading to hopelessness (11): SE?????????
13 Repeat stocking filler for the wicked that could blame crackling on the ingle (10): ?A??O?CO?L
25 Those in Calais keeping Tay in oil hauled up plates of sea gooseberries etc (6 ): ??G??S

[JJ109]

8 Mineral Oil (Opine amir ill (minus "pi") anagram

[roslyn251254]

36a leaches ...MAL not MALe at the end

[roslyn251254]

2d clue should read GOD ..BA is extra
The band goes round your neck

[roslyn251254]

12d SAD is extra ...defn is the last word
25d AYIN is extra...your G is wrong (32a is ERA ...hidden in the clue...)

[JJ109]

13 parrot-coal

[roslyn251254]

13d LAM is extra...

[JJ109]

13 Parrot-coal (that could blame crackling on the ingle) = Parrot (repeat) + coal (stocking filler for the wicked}


.... but where is the superfluous character?

[JJ109]

Thanks Ros - crossed post

[Matakari]

Thanks, jj109 and roslyn! I got 13d but did not expect a hyphen. I would like the answers to 2d, 12d and 25d as well as an explanation for the extras BA,AYIN, SAD.

[roslyn251254]

2d ...your 2nd C is wrong...should be L
12d could be thought of as 4,7
25d "those" in Calais would be CES

[roslyn251254]

2d clue should read Band god after depression...so you need a 3 letter depression followed by a 3 letter god...

[roslyn251254]

12d ...french for "some" (plural) in french followed by a "couple" (4 letters) is in there...

[Matakari]

Thanks for the extra hints, I'll be studying them after I clear my head with a little stroll.

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, I know recent EVs might not have suited you, but today's should be more pleasing. The link- on AB - accessible to me! - was posted this morning.

[Matakari]

Thanks, let me see how much more I can learn before I take up the challenge of the EV recommended by NACW.

17a Freedom curtailed when rotund: such is life in Edinburgh (5): ?IE?L
30a Tourist stumbling upon US hostel containing rare hearth (8) : ?AT??O?S
33a Gratin taken by the handful in Holyrood from King and Emperor, very quietly (4): ?I?P
37a Crash in the Maldives starts to lift all auto risk insurance (5): ????I

9d Plan in Yorkshire dale that last appears (6): INT???
24d Some old Tibetan in modern Gaul (6) : F?ANCS

[ProfessorMaisie]

17 'freedom' = LEEWA(y) 'ro[t]und' means reversed.

[ProfessorMaisie]

30 anag of 'tourist'+y (the 'y' is a US hostel) - def 'containing rare [h]earth'.

[roslyn251254]

24d clue should read some old TIN (beta) is extra...
so your letters are correct... tin can be money...

[ProfessorMaisie]

33a is an obscure word (king and emperor abbrev = RI) def 'gra[t]in taken by the handful'.

[ProfessorMaisie]

37 'c[r]ash in the Maldives' (initial letters).