Spectator 2555

[Tilly2]

Just checking that these are correct for now.

16 d Precipitate
17d Residential.
25d Adore
28 Meatier

All unclued lights.

Thank you.

[teacher1]

25d ..... I've got adorn.

[Tilly2]

Thank you, Teacher.

I don't have 38 across, so adorn is probably correct.

[Neveracrossword]

I think 25 D was Adorn, the others look fine.

[novalis]

38 across and 37 down combine to form a 7 letter word.

[teacher1]

38a sounds like a short, first day of the week.

[Tilly2]

Mundane?

[teacher1]

That's what I've got. ;o)

[Tilly2]

Thank you all. I still haven't twigged what the theme is even though I have all the clued lights now.

Perhaps the penny will drop, eventually. :-)

[Neveracrossword]

Maybe the penny will Drop, maybe you just need a Prod...

[teacher1]

Anagrams !

[Neveracrossword]

I was being subtle...

[teacher1]

Good one Neveracrossword. ;o)

[teacher1]

...... I just bustle in !

[Tilly2]

Did you hear the clink!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Tilly2 and Teacher.

[Tilly2]

All done!

[Grimaldi]

Is the anagram of the word with (to be ignored) accent a place name?
Also, any hints on 33 down - not a theme word - for which I have -U-TAN? For those who don’t have a copy of the puzzle, the clue reads: It’s a fiddle losing a small breed of domestic fowl (6)

[Captain2]

Sultan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_chicken

[Grimaldi]

I had that as a possible answer, but couldn’t parse it.

[Neveracrossword]

I answered it, and parsed it yesterday _ Sultana is a fiddle, drop the A.