40a Backing for un-extreme incredible bashi-basouk perhaps? (5) ????M (possibly a Z in there?)
46a Army officer has railway removed next to unknown foreign settlement (6)...
In 22 clues, the wordplay leads to the answer and an additional letter not to be entered into the grid; The remaining clues contain an additional letter which must be removed before solving. 23a Dean,...
Definitions for all the solutions are normal, but some of them require a positive/negative switch (or vice versa) before entry in the grid, as indicated in their clue’s wordplay How many are...
Wordplay in eight clues leads to the answer (which is entered normally) with a single incorrect letter Not sure if my clues that I am asking for help with "are of the 8"....... also the crossers I...
3d One playing Sebastian or Sebastian's sister (5) J???A guessing it's Julia from Brideshead revisited ?? 10a Novel with no following left unread in film about Brits in Tuscany (9) U?R?L?T?D L is from...
16a Onomastically, Peter and Iona, eminent leaders in youth culture (4) ?P?O
21a Reserve from among girl's eccentric collection of Portuguese persons prose (4,2,8) ?O?M / ?F / D?S?U?E?...
Completely stuck with the bottom half so very few crossing letters: 16d Note line conveyed by funny Geordie poet (9) sorry no letters 29a New curate taking religious education in Victor's work? (8)...
Help with parsing please: The wordplay may be minus 1 letter: 17a Druse departs in move to the right (5) answer is GEODE 21a Hide short man next to bishop (4) ans is SKIN 34a Discharge MO having...
the wordplay will yield an extra letter: 20d Girl, perhaps, hot in cloak (8) the answer is condensed into 5 letters for grid entry so although I do have some crossing letters they may not help. The...
17a Mike gets hero heard (4) I??E possibly idle ... sounds like idol / hero ??? 18d Fish scale, in part Mike's cut away (5) ??R?? 29a Car maker cutting brand old Ford model (4) S?A? possibly saab??...
Stuck on one:
Powder without using make-up to start with -- likely to make one pale (4) ...crossing letters won't help as on entering clues change......
two "normal clue" I'm stuck on (both in NE corner which is very bare...)
5a College that enlightens minds in large organisations (8)
13a First couple of rings switched in magician's illusion (6)...