4 D. Sorry there IS a misprint. Hope you haven't wasted too much time on that one. It's in 'pen'. You need a very famous diplomat, 'rejected' = reverse it, to get the last two words of the clue.
The only misprint I find in Bargee is the last letter. Barger, Barges or Barged.
I have PE?S??. No such synonym.
I still have to crack six clues and find about 5 misprints.
...but as you're not specifically asking for hints, I'll give the answer -
PENSIL - 'starts' = (o)PENS + IL
sorry if this gives more away too much (please let me know, and I'll stick to hints in future).
Thanks Professor.
Oops. I ignored burgee.
I was aware of the word with CE in place of SI. This is a new word for me.
Misprints give me a name 6,7 followed by 6 letter word for Detective. I had to look up that name. Not familiar with him.
I am missing one misprint.
Does 34d have a misprint and does the answer begin with N?