6a: Greek character taking temperature with slip of paper. 4 le. ?h?t
19a: last character entered equator confused on the fourteenth in France. 8 letters. ???t?r?e
24a: Lady’s name sounds like a man’s. ??t?
17d: Loan to lofty curtailed , it is not the full amount. 8 letters???t?t?l
Sound of steps coming from a short path after mine. 7 letters. p?t???t