Spectator # 2510

[Matakari]

Good day,
I gave this one a rest for a while, and am now back at it.
I am still stumped by these two:

40 (A) Old vessel, mostly outdated, heading north (5): ??E?N
( Can't find the 5-letter word for "outdated" )
33(D) Ray is kilometres into gorge (5): ??A?E

Verification for the following, please:

1 (A)Precise conjecture about coin-flip, oddly (8): S?????I? ( SYNOPTIC )
35(D) Finished piercing fry I let off the hook (8): ?A???NER ( FASTENER }

[JJ109]

33 Skate (fish/type of ray) = K(ilometers) inside "sate" (gorged)

[novalis]

stean
specific
pardoner

[Matakari]

Many thanks, Novalis and JJ109!

[bobbinwales]

Spec around odd letters of CoInFlIp

[Matakari]

Experiencing some difficulty pairing the Unclued words.
I have the following and any help would be appreciated, thanks!

ACROSS
17 R?EL ( 3- COTTON/REEL )
26 F?N
27 P?N
36 KE?L

DOWN:
2 PAI?
3 COT?O?
4 FR?IN? ( FRYING/PAN )
6 ROAR?N?
28 ?O?RING ( POURING/RAIN )
31 ?RY?NG
32 ?O?T?N
38 ?AIN

[Neveracrossword]

Cotton Reel
Rotten Keel
Pouring Rain
Roaring Pain
Frying Pan
Prying Fan

Definitely not your week, Matakari! I think the whole puzzle's been solved on AB.

[Toorak]

They look like spoonerisms so change the first letters of the pairs you have to find the other pairs

E.g. frying pan = prying fan?

[Neveracrossword]

I gave answers because all the big hints earlier didn't seem to have helped...

[Matakari]

Thanks for coming to the rescue again, NACW! I saw some of these answers, but could not believe my eyes! The nature of spoonerisms!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari. I'm surprised that you were surprised at the Spoonerisms - we've had many of them (too many for me) over the years. I thought you'd rattle them off once the theme had been explained last week!