Ev 1560

[professorplum13]

Six clues have thematic answers. The remaining across clues have an extra letter in the wordplay

10a Cured fish reek, "Do heed Rory," I'd nag from time to time (10, 2 words)
O?DLE??M?S

1d Millions Vagans to pledge as wager in error of judgment (Vagans is the setter) (7)
C?AR???
17d Promissory notes subject to rejection: removing note that's forged (8) ?E?E??O?

[Neveracrossword]

Those are all thematic clues, so it's hard to give hints.Your M is wrong in the first one. The answer to the clue and the entry both have 3, 7.

[professorplum13]

I've got 1d now.
The M came from 8d (an anagram) ..suppose letters have to change ..will rethink...

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, PP. The entries are completely different words, they don't answer the clues- more describe them....22 Down started me off on the theme.

[ProfessorMaisie]

For 10a the answer is given in the clue by alternate letters from the R in Reek... (two words 3,7).
17d the answer is 8 letters - it ends with the usual 4 letters for 'promissory notes', ['subject to'] a 5 letter word for 'rejection' (in the unusual nounal sense, more usually it would be 'to reject') minus its final 'n'/note - def is 'forged' as in fake.