Inquisitor 1452

[Neveracrossword]

This clue contains wordplay leading to an extra letter.

39 A. Blast furnace door starts off at empty, mistakenly (4) ?ym?

[Lie-in King]

Tymp - anag '(e)mpty'

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tymp

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks very much - this had been annoying me all afternoon!

[Lie-in King]

Sorry, I misunderstood -

Tymp - anag '(a)t (e)mpty' (starts off, giving an extra 'T')

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks for the additional information - I'd wanted a 't' but your first post made me think I was getting an 'e'!

[saladdodger]

Eight clues contain a string of letters to be removed before solving; modified
clues consist of real words, but surface reading suffers.Remaining clues each contain wordplay leading to an extra letter; in clue order these explain how the strings can be individually treated, revealing a sequence. Two of the answers to these clues are one letter too short for their spaces; each must have the intended letter added to create a new word. Numbers in brackets give the cells available.

If you are not asleep after reading THAT preamble can you help please?!

28a Teams dreamt press release is rewritten more appropriately (5) ??TER ...not certain of the "E"
32d Left orderless age - nothing that's a feature of the brain, for example (4) ?O??

[hankir]

A clue can contain a string of letters to be removed or the wordplay can have an extra letter.

35A. Man briefly incites new revolutionary, completely clued-up (10)
The seventh letter could be I.

3d. Painting metal backing in commonplace class of chemical (10)

Help appreciated as always.

[Neveracrossword]

Both of those clues contain strings. It's hard to come up with additional hints... 28 A is Apter, more appropriately.

[Neveracrossword]

My reply was to Saladdodger.

Hankir, neither of your clues involve strings.

[hankir]

got 35A.

[hankir]

Saladdodger, could 32d be lobe?
38 could be a language a whirling seer may know.
36 could be a synonym of stakes.

[saladdodger]

thanks for the help
hankir - 3d ... you need a synonym for painting (3 letters) reversed
2 letter abbrev for a metal
5 letter synonym for commonplace then put the painting and the metal inside

[hankir]

Thanks SD, re:3d.