Spectator 2637

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

Checking this one - 

River emergency - councillor's resigned (4) 

I have ?S?S so I'm assuming it's ISIS, but if so I can't parse it so explanation welcome, thanks. 

 

[Toorak]

(Cr)isis

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

Oh shoot...brain fart time again lol Thanks! 

[Neveracrossword]

Note for anyone doing this puzzle. The preamble mentions confirming the unclued entries in Brewer's, but I'm sure most solvers would manage, easily, without that!

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

I couldn't find them in there anyway ha 

[Neveracrossword]

Fleshpots, I checked - just a little while ago -but I couldn't say if they were all there. My copy isn't the latest edition.

[Tilly2]

Are there any obscure (to me) Scottish words in this one?

I've searched high and low for 7 ac 'Scottish seagull's gullet'. (3)

It might start with a g?

[Neveracrossword]

Not a G, Tilly. I knew it from the Gullet, that is fairly well known.

[Tilly2]

Maw?

[Neveracrossword]

Yes.

[Neveracrossword]

PS, sorry for the terseness - I was on the phone. I didn't check for the Scottish aspect, the answer fitted with the Down entry.