Spectator 2610

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

Spectator time again!

A couple to do -

“Local hawker having time with loudmouth” (7) ??A??ER (I’m thinking BOASTER)

“Spoke of Cardinal’s fabric” (7) ?O??S??

TIA.

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

I have an answer for 42 and I think it’s the same as yours. I’ll go with it.

I found it to be a puzzle of two halves - fairly gentle regular clues in the main but the unclued answers took up most of my time. First time I’ve finished the main clues before them.

[jazzgirl]

I now have a plateau in S. India which is probably wrong ?

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

That’s the one I’m going with.

[jazzgirl]

I'm now putting this one to bed

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

Me too, and I’m strangely glad about it. Not as much fun as usual.

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

18d for example…took me ages to work out the location of the word separation, let alone the actual words. A very obscure and diverse selection of unclued answers this week.

[johnpiper]

so one of the proper nouns is 42A presumably and that leaves another one for me, but am not sure which one that is
Frustrating puzzle:
I have only one clued light left which is 40A

Russian unit , experienced its said (5) ?E??T
And then could i have a clue for the very odd looking 22D which i have as ?Y?CH??CH
and 18 down i believe must be two words but am not sure where the break comes

[Tilly2]

I have Dymchurch for 22d.

[Neveracrossword]

18 D Is split 5,6.

[jazzgirl]

40a Verst. (sounds like versed - experienced)

[Tilly2]

I think 28d is something system.

[Tilly2]

I mean 18d.

[Neveracrossword]

Tilly2, but would that, 18 D, fit in with the title, the entries...?

[jazzgirl]

Tilly re 18d I have two words with D in first and two C's in second making 700

[Tilly2]

Doh! Back to the drawing board.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Tilly2. I'm sure it'll not take you long to get the correct answer.

[Tilly2]

Ah! I need to wear a 9d. :-)

[Matakari]

Good evening, a pretty gentle set of clues from Doc this week.
The Unclueds, however, tended to create lots of uncertainties
and mental gymnastics. I thought, at first, that all the Unclueds
began with D except 18d which demanded much time before
the penny dropped.
No, Tilly2, you don’t need to wear a 9d. The split for 18d is
5/6, think of commerce, exchange, in constant rotation and
voilà!

[Tilly2]

Thank you. I've got it now.

[SnrMoments]

Please can someone help me with the unclued 26D? I can't quite work out where I've gone wrong...

I have ?NCL?

Working on the theme that would leave me with DNCLC (?!)

Can anyone offer a clue?

For 30A I have "Biro, or Bic, for Saki, say" (3,4) = Pen Name.

For 32A I have "Poor socialite is missing purgative medicine" = Aloetic

TIA