The Crossword Centre-Free Hit By Rebus

[Matakari]

A complicated one...Some help with answers and parsing to get this one off the ground,please ! Many thanks in advance! (http://www.crossword.org.uk/freehit.html )
ACROSS:
10.Blackmail soldiers into reformation.(8) - ?OH?????
15.'No go' region wear a mask.(10) - E??S?PR???
24.Busy carpet lifts the art of building (9) - N?TO??D??
30.Listened to track on the Heaviside Layer perhaps.(2 words)
E??NI??M??
35.Poet's from Siberia and does AM shift.(6) - ??M??Y
DOWN:
2.Gather together least practised and pay for call at the other end in Chicago. (7) - S?E????
3.Return to East Caribbean house gatherings (4) -U???
22.Insists upon a back strain (7) - E??????

[chelle7272]

2d looks like collect, double definition

[aelmpvw]

22 asserts

[fiction-factory]

Could be, chelle, but where would "least practised" fit in, I wonder?

[Neveracrossword]

For solvers... this is a thematic crossword with quite a detailed preamble.

[Neveracrossword]

FF, the preamble says that some clues needs words removed. Matakari will perhaps come back and give the relevant information...

[chelle7272]

Ah thanks, that helps...

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.crossword.org.uk/freehit.html

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. The two answers do far look good then but there must be some wrong letters in the grid

[Neveracrossword]

The preamble also mentions 'clashes'. It's a pity the OP didn't include full details.

[chelle7272]

Replacement definitions (26 words in total, either singly or consecutively in the same clue) must be removed from 19 clues before solving.
What's left is to be treated thematically in order to resolve all clashes and successfully complete the grid.
The theme title should be written beneath the grid. (3,5,3)
Chambers Dictionary is the primary reference. Two answers are found in OED. Two answers are abbreviations. One answer is in Collins.

[Neveracrossword]

Published in just the last day or so, the closing date is 8th June.

[JJ109]

15a Gorgoneion (mask) anagram of "no go region"

[Matakari]

Here is the preamble for this one. And the closing date is in fact the 6th May:
Replacement definitions (26 words in total, either singly or consecutively in the same clue) must be removed from 19 clues before solving.
What's left is to be treated thematically in order to resolve all clashes and successfully complete the grid.
The theme title should be written beneath the grid. (3,5,3)
Chambers Dictionary is the primary reference. Two answers are found in OED. Two answers are abbreviations. One answer is in Collins.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari, but Chelle has already supplied the information you left out. I think many of the clues would have been impenetrable, I don't know why you omitted it!

[angie55]

The closing date is 8 June.

[Neveracrossword]

Yes, Angie, mentioned earlier - at 13.10.

[JJ109]

3. Echo (return) = E(ast) C(aribbean) Ho(use)

[JJ109]

10a Chantage = Blackmail
TA (Soldiers) "in" change (reformation)

[Neveracrossword]

JJ1109, have you been doing the puzzle yourself? I am, and quite enjoying it.

Matakari, I think there are errors in all the clues you've listed!

[JJ109]

Hi NAC - I've been doing it since Mamya placed the details on here - and yes it is enjoyable - I've about three quarters finished it but have only come up with one clash, and I have no idea of the theme yet!