Spec 2676 Help Please

[quinol]

12a unclued hoo-e-po-  probably 2 words

is 27a unclued a-e  ape?

how does 16a bodies (the answer) fit the theme and indeed 36down - as a betting man it could have any antecedent

hints would be fine - I don't have brewer

[roslyn251254]

Have you got any idea of the theme? (don't want to give it away too early..You are looking for 10 phrases...

27a is not ape ( it goes with the 4th phrase)

12a is probably what you thnk it is...try chambers word wizard...it's the 6th phrase

 16a  ...goes with the 7th phrase

[roslyn251254]

I do have Brewer...but hopefully google will give you most.....some of the unclued don't have any alternatives letterwise..

[JJ109]

I don't have brewer either but 12a is probably "hooped-pot- a 6 hooped-pot

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

I've worked out what's going on but a few of them are taking a bit of finding. My Brewer's is earning it's keep today haha 

[quinol]

Thanks to jj and roslyn, could you tell me the what the uncrossed light is in 27a and in 36d? Then I'd have a complete grid supposing 'mile' is right, but only half the theme, the ITOX part, without these estimable works of reference

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

Although the hardest of all words to find for me was in fact the regular clue, 13a. I was trying every letter in the alphabet!