brain dead today

[ronayne]

4a
huge article on obscurity of member of two unions
?i?a????
im thinking gigantic?

11a
foreigner get affection in three ways
s?o????
is there such a word as slovene?

8d
lost bets about fellow from ancient city
????e?

24d
wild safari doesnt have a language
??r?i

24a
factory's top material is a mineral
??i?t

25a
terrible place to keep a city panacea
??a? a?l

21d
ran off to the border to find battle site
?r???m

[Oldred]

4a big a mist

[Oldred]

24d farsi

[Oldred]

24a flint

[Whaleypops]

8d Thebes

[Oldred]

21d Arnhem

[ronayne]

thank you all so much, but now im thrown completely!
can 7d be ice cap?
and 11a be slovene
27a
H?A? A?L
terrible place to keep a city panacea

think i shouldn't have got up this morning!

[mathsman]

Yes, Slovene is a word.

25a He (a LA) ll i.e. heal all.

[kettledrum]

25a heal all .... hell round a LA

[ronayne]

thank you, i think i need a heal all!