Enigmatic Variations 1424

[Nical]

16 A. English saddle-horse of yore, missing end of halter, rejected part of bridle (7)
??E?LA?
NB. There's a misprint in one letter in the definition of some clues, I don't think this one is involved.

[Toorak]

Eyeflap

E & palf(r)ey reversed

[Nical]

Thanks, Toorak, that's great! I often struggle with long clues.

[Nical]

I'm back...
34 A. Matter in volcano's not an oily gas (8) ???YA???

[hankir]

Nical, 34a could be Ethylene but cannot parse it.

[ProfessorMaisie]

Yes, ETHYLENE - HYLE ('matter') inside ETNE[an] ('volcano's') 'not [an]'

[hankir]

Thanks ProfessorMaisie.

My answer to 1a conflicts with 3d.
My answer to 14a conflicts with 3d,
What am I doing wrong?

[hankir]

14a conflicts with 4d.

[Cloverjo]

Hankir, the entries don’t match the clues for the across ones you mentioned. The clues are for the intermediate rungs of the ladder, not the ones to go in the grid.

[hankir]

thanks cloverjo.

[ProfessorMaisie]

would you like to know the correct order, hankir?

[hankir]

Yes, ProfessorM.

I was offline for a while.

[ProfessorMaisie]

ok hankir -

(outside of grid top)
1st unclued entry
[30ac not entered in grid]
2nd unclued entry
[35ac not entered ...]
3rd unclued entry
[1ac not entered ...]
4th unclued entry
[14ac not entered ...]
5th unclued entry
(outside of grid bottom)

[ProfessorMaisie]

...of the three obscure words in the series, one clue answer (for 30ac - not entered) and one unclued entry (the 2nd one)were new ones on me.

[Nical]

Hankir and PM, thanks. I got 34 myself yesterday afternoon - and didn't come back to the thread then as I was the only one asking questions!

[hankir]

Thanks you PofessorM.

But once I figured out 9-17, I got the two associates and all the words in between.

Thanks a lot for your help.