Spectator # 2479

[Matakari]

Good morning, all! I'm stuck on the following to complete this puzzle. Some help would be appreciated, thanks!

36 ( A ) Bird shifting round back to far end of lake (5) : ?EEVE
-Verification for 33 ( D ) Vulture finding difficulty landing in two bends (5) : URU?U
( URUTU ) ?

And the last 2 Unclueds:
5 ( A ) GARDANT or DORMANT?
5 ( D ) I have: GY?OA?Y, but cannot see the heraldic connection!

[Toorak]

33 urubu

[Toorak]

36 reeve - veer reversed & (lak)e

[iminoz]

5a. GARDANT
5d. GYRONNY

[Matakari]

Many thanks, Iminoz and Toorak, for your invaluable assistance. This was an interesting Doc offering. Have a good weekend!

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, glad you have got this finished. Your post confirmed that we are indeed all different when it comes to enjoying crosswords! I thought Doc's puzzle was pretty flat - some very easy clues and an obvious theme that was heralded (!) by the title.

[Matakari]

True, Neveracrossword, many of the clues were pretty straightforward for me and I was glad to see the answers so quickly. The heraldic component posed one challenge for me with 5 down which I could not find in the list of heladry! Many thanks again, and do enjoy the weekend!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari. The other reason, of course, for finding this pretty lacklustre was that it was yet another of Doc's Brewer's-based puzzles. I know I'm not alone in thinking that we have had far too many of those!