Generalist crossword

[Minoru]

1 down. A Scottish bat and ball game like rounders. I have GLASGOW ? O ? S ? E

[sarumite]

Glasgow Hoosie .... but thanks must go to Slaney, Teacher and Aquagility who eventually found this obscurity!!

[Minoru]

Thanks very much for prompt reply sarumite. I can now post off the completed crossword. I think we people who have a go at the Generalist have to become proficient in some odd Gaelic terms and a smattering of french expressions too. Is Didymus the offspring of an Irish father and a French mother (or vice versa) ?

[JRB]

I found "Glasgow hoosie" after a lot of searching!

In Edinburgh we called it rounders,played in a local cul-de-sac, all through the summer - those were the days!

Can anyone help with 42a Lance-corporals, once?
s*e*s*d*s (I think)

[jenniferd]

42a SPEISADES

Could I have help with my last please?
18a Calcite with scalenohedra-shaped crystals terminated by a rhombohedron.

?A?L-?E?D-?P?R

Think last word may be SPAR

[JRB]

Nail-head-spar, jenniferd

One good turn deserves another.

[jan1956]

Nail Head Spar,
could not get it myself so you have sarumite to thank really for the answer
jan

[jenniferd]

Thanks everyone. Had been looking for that answer for ages. Never thought to look up NAIL in the dictionary - there it is in Chambers!!

[Aquagility]

Jenniferd, I have Spessades for 42a. You may well be right with Speisades, but I think that the Jury is still out on this!

[Aquagility]

On the other hand -

THE NOVELS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT - A LEGEND OF MONTROSESir, I was six years first private gentleman of the company, and three years lance speisade;

[Quizmonkey]

Didymus uses Chambers...

[merched]

I'm stuck on 32 d, a ladder leading to a Scottish loft. Please can you help me?

I have t?r?stair.

Thank you.

m

[slaney]

32d Trap stair

[merched]

Thank you, Slaney, that means I have a problem with 35 a
then! Thanks once again.

m

[Otleybard]

35a Immanent