Speccie 2317-370

[Farrwest]

Too hot to think here! Please help with 35a Employing sails furled and helm lashed a-port? (5)
A???? and 16d Shield protecting Rome's safety having fancy tiles centrally (6) ??C?L?

[Neveracrossword]

35 Ahull

[Neveracrossword]

16 Ancile, shield. I think it's from 'fANCy' and 'tILE' ('centrally').

[Flonska]

16d Ancile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancile

[Farrwest]

Thanks neveracrossword. That will help me get the remaining names.

[hankir]

I can see that there re a lot of proper names in unclued answers.
I assume these names are connected with Doc but I do not know anything about Doc.
How can I find out more about him.
17d seems like a town he may be connected with.
14d is a food item but what connection?

Thanks in advance.

[shaneystar2]

They are the names of real people hankir, all born in 1947 the same as Doc .Have a look at the year 1947 on Wiki in the births bit .They are all there .

[Neveracrossword]

The names aren't connected to Doc personally - they're just people sharing the same celebratory year. They are, loosely speaking, celebrities.

[hankir]

Thanks Neveracrossword and shanystar.
I was barking up the wrong tree.
Already got 3.