Spectator N0 2481

[Matakari]

Good morning, all! I would be happy to have some HINTS for the following
to get me through to the theme of this exciting one. Thanks in advance!
ACROSS:
13 Tease one brunette, vacuous crone (6) : ????RT
16 Very great network’s backing Sturgeon (7) : ?????ER
17 Personify old emperor and knight, judge admits (9) : ?N??R?AO??
21 Metal wires from Scot’s very regal people (7) : ?E??A??
27 Memo about area with e.g. castles they will inherit (12, hyphened) :???????LT?O?
DOWN:
7 Prayer from US vocalist, not British (6) : ?R??S?
22 Fit topless clothing for female seeking love (8): ???L??AS
29 Sequences of notes men use playing (6) : ?A?CR? ( I would have thought SCALES )
35 Individual in huge car (4) : ?FT? ( I thought LIMO )

[aelmpvw]

29 anagram of men use

[Neveracrossword]

13 A very unusual word. A three-letter 'tease', verb + the usual 'one' + the usual 'vacuous', ie emptied.... The defintion is 'Crone'.

27 The three letters you have are wrong.
22. The definition is 'female seeking love', the male version is much more usual. You need a four letter word meaning'fit', be good for, and a five-letter word for 'clothing', with the first letter removed.

[Neveracrossword]

You also have wrong letters, or letters in the wrong place, in 7, 17 and 35 (oh, and your A in 22 is wrong too).

[roslyn251254]

13a 3 letter synonym for tease + i + brunette "vacated" (lose its middle letters)
16a sturgeaon isn't Nicola!
17a no O in it ...you are showing 10 letters
4 letter word for (south american) emperor + usual 4 letter word for judge with n(knight) inside
21a metal wires are the ones needed for your TV on the roof
27a 8 letter synonym for memo with A (area) inside +3 letter synonym for some castles or other pieces on the board

[Neveracrossword]

PS What makes this one 'exciting'?
I hope my hint for 13 helps, I should have said your letters there are incorrect too.

[Matakari]

Thanks, Roslyn and Neveracrossword, for the hints...I should have said this one is "challenging"...I'll be back!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari. I think it's very likely that you'll be back! This was definitely challenging, but worth it.

[Matakari]

Going for the Unclueds as I work with the hint. ANSWERS to the following two should help me get there. Thanks for your help in
advance!

DOWN:
6 Changed coats and let the clergy wear them (8):?A?OT???
18 Gallery’s cancelling summit about European works (7): O????O?

[aelmpvw]

6 calottes

[Neveracrossword]

I know you asked for 'answers', but those two are less tricky than others this week!

6 - a simple anagram
18 A very famous French gallery loses its first letter to form 'work', in a literary sense. The clue asks for the plural.

[Calibax]

7 Singer, Roy, minus B

[Matakari]

Thanks, all, I've got some of the hints, but am still in the dark
with some. I would like to have the answers to them so I might
study and discover the unclueds on my own.
ACROSS: 13, 21, 27 DOWN: 22
31 Comic novelist cups part of breastbone (9): ??e?ie???
38 Criticise artist stirring tea in broadcast (11): ?i??eri?m??
DOWN:
9 The faithless earth god in strange universe (11): ???EL??????
( UNBELIEVING )?
And for the Unclued 19, my first word begins with a C and ends with a Y; the second starts with S and ends with S. Am I right?

[Mamyalynne]

9 Unbelievers

Bel/Universe, anag

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel_(mythology)

[Matakari]

Thanks, Mamyalynne, Aelmpvw and Neveracrossword, for coming to my rescue re the following posted earlier in this thread:
ACROSS: 13, 21, 27 DOWN: 22
31 Comic novelist cups part of breastbone (9): ??e?ie???
38 Criticise artist stirring tea in broadcast (11): ?i??eri?m??

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari, glad we could help. You still have wrong letters in your latest queries!

38 Has a slang/colloquial word for 'criticise', the name of a famous female UK artist and then an anagram of Tea. 'Broadcast' , verb is the definition.

[Matakari]

I am now asking for Answers to the 6 clues submitted, Neveracrossword. And is my suggestion about 19(A) correct?