EV 748 - the setter warns that some clues do not make sense!

[lector]

Two remaining across clues - some thoughts also!!!

30a) Farmer tended champion King Edward (7)
(Edward Champion/ Stephen King? or
something to do with potatoes?)

38a) Strong drink arrived before food, ending in talk (6)
(Rum / Gin etc before food = talk?)

{ Although mainly cryptic, two answers in the whole puzzle are proper nouns! }

[kayakamina]

38a Arrack....Arrive = Arr...before food= ac...end of talk=k

[novalis]

30a ran=tended ch=champion er= king edward so rancher.

[lector]

thank you -

kayakamina
why is 'before food' = ac?

novalis -
I responded to your post last night ..... have you worked outthe last words of the instruction?

I have all the starting letters`possible for words going into 1d) chateaubriand - which is now entered as CTBUAHAIRAEND ... so first and lat letters entered normally (C at start and D at end) .... jumbled letters between these two 'set letters'.

[can detect the word 'hair' within the jumbled letters?

Not seeing the pattern at the moment ....

Do you?

[lector]

hi novalis .... just seen your comment on earlier thread --- so it is 'change of heart'!

can you tell me how you worked out that these three words?

[kayakamina]

AC is the accepted abbreviation for ante cibum in medical prescriptions.

AC take before food.

[lector]

thank you kayakamina -

another xword nuance to remember!

[novalis]

Managed to re-arrange ( jumble ) many of the answers which I had and looked across diagonals ( very often the place for words/phrases to be highlighted. ) Had to be "change of heart" because
a - it's the only thing which woulsd make sense
b - the "heart" ( i.e. all but the first and last letters ) of each answer is "changed" ( junbled).
Hope that helps. Have posted all your missing down answers on your other message page.
Best wishes.

[novalis]

If you get this twice apologies. Submit button didn't seem to respond.
Had all the answers ( have posted all your missing down answers on your other message about ev 748 ) and fitted them in logically ( trial and error!).
To find "change of heart" I looked across the diagonals ( it's usual to put hidden wods/phrases there.