Spectator 2551 Madness

[johnpiper]

Rather puzzled by this today
29A See red and shiny black (5) ???e?
26D Deeds initially in a prescribed file (7, two words) ???a???
21A Almost like Hamlet's hairs (5) ?R???

21D Rector in spain breaking rib (9) ??E?C???N would this be PREACHMAN and why?
25D Horse Dad found in lake (6)

Any help very gratefully received

[aelmpvw]

29a raven?

[roslyn251254]

26d data set
21a tragi(c)
21d anagram of rector in E(spain) defn a rib...
25d tar pa n

[dannyk13]

21 a.answered by teacher
21a. Tragi ... definition of tragi by Medical dictionary
https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/tragi

[aelmpvw]

29a where does the n come from for raven?

[ProfessorMaisie]

'and' = 'n

[novalis]

Abbreviation of and.

[aelmpvw]

thanks

[johnpiper]

Ancillary questions!
Might the four letter word be B??D ?
Why is 39A Country Garden eat of empty fish pond S?E?E?
looks like Sweden?

a synonym of 19D unclued would be ????it?
Is that correct and what has this got to do with Madness
maybe i am barking up the wrong tree?

[novalis]

Think Suggs.
A stew is a fishpond. Empty stew =sw
Yes, 4 letter word is right.
There is a longer word than band?? but it will lead to the answer

[johnpiper]

well of course now i see it -how silly i have been!

[johnpiper]

and finally
Anyone know what the unclued 35D is four letters ?l?b
I am wondering if it is to do with ????OLINE?

Then

[Boethius]

Grateful for any help with
17A Lustred cloth pressed by a painter (6)
Thank you

[Neveracrossword]

Satara.

[ProfessorMaisie]

35d goes with ????Y (the 3rd entry).