Club Monthly April 1 #20199

[aeronut]

After many hours I've completed all but the SE corner.
Help with these three would probably take me to the finish line.
19dn: The woman mostly seen in Somerset Hills, out of bounds for ancient village (7)
I have e???h??.
15dn: Snake poison drug criticised before the watershed (9)
I have e?h??????
16dn: Murdered 26 offspring when duty includes reversing former denial (9)??????
I have ?s??????
Help please?

[Mamyalynne]

15 E Chid Nine

[Lie-in King]

19d Endship (old "village") - 'sh(e)' (mostly, in) '(M)endip(s)' (hills, out of bounds)
15d Echidnine (snake poison) - 'E(cstasy) chid (criticised) nine (watershed)'
16d Astyanax (murdered son of Hector of Troy [26a]) - 'as (when) tax (duty)' (includes) 'nay' (reversed)

[mallyh]

19 endship?

[aeronut]

Thanks Mamyalynne.
You are a gracious and brilliant lady.

[aeronut]

And thanks to Your Majesty and Mallyh.

[aeronut]

Please confirm 26ac is ilian,as it parses well.
Outside possibility is ixion

[Lie-in King]

26a Catch one that's retrograde like Ganymede (5)

Yes - Ilian - from Troy, like Ganymede, son of Tros (founder of Troy) - 'nail (catch) i (one)' (all back; retrograde)

[aeronut]

Thanks again your Majesty,

[Lie-in King]

Lol, you're welcome :-)

[MartianAlien]

In same SE corner struggling with wordplay for 24dn.
Scale, one with no sharp or flat extension. (5)
Answer is CLIMB = Scale, but why?

[Mamyalynne]

C (as a natural note/music) + Limb (extension)

[MartianAlien]

Mamyalynne, thank you.
Now I can sleep peacefully!

[Mamyalynne]

Good x