Guardian 26,974

[saladdodger]

34,36 Reserve copper in Germany, half cut, takes lid off cylinders damaging Spenser's coffer (4,2;6) ... only have "C" as 2nd letter of the 6 letter word

39 Tory Lord, wildly errant (9) ?R???????

[saladdodger]

I have 36 now SCRYNE

[saladdodger]

and I have the Tory Lord now too!

[scorpiojo]

Bac kup(fer)

[saladdodger]

Thanks scorpiojo ... forgot there was one with a "mix"
Just one left now:
25d Flower having a virtually (5) ?S?E? aster?

[scorpiojo]

Aster

Flower have in a virtually unrelenting - A + ster(n)

[scorpiojo]

*having

[saladdodger]

Thanks again

[dzug2]

still struggling with the Tory Lord and just about every clue tbh

managed one unaided - but don't know which of the two blanks it goes in

time to give up I think

rant over

[scorpiojo]

Do you want some help?

[dzug2]

I think I'm beyond help on this one - but thanks for the offer anyway

[scorpiojo]

;o)

[Adept1]

I'd like help with the Tory Lord, please... final answer for this fiendish puzzle!

[JHBMK]

Wildly errant - TR...ARNE , insert three consecutive letters (in this case EFG) and you get TREFGARNE. Lord Trefgarne, a tory hereditary peer.

[Indianan]

34 Bac kup(fee) 36 scryne
39 Trefgarne, A foreigner like me had to look at a long peers list to get this one!

[scorpiojo]

^^