The Spectator N0 2472

[Matakari]

Good morning, I'm stuck on the following and need some answers to get me on the right track. Thanks in advance!
ACROSS:
14 Incompetent person of
great status (7): ??????E

15 Rapidly put away card,
not large one in pack
(7, two wds) : MAL????

19 Sibling eats spice,
keeping one for
discriminating types (8): ???EIQT?

29 Wasted from cocktail of
ten pills (8, hyph): I??R????

33 Like some gems in
mouth, mostly
charming (7, hyph): D??????

42 Cockney’s reportedly
very cultural feature (7): I????O?

DOWN:
3 Ambassador and the
like penning Latin
greeting (6): ?????I

4 Baby bananas,
regularly diverse bait
for Aussie (7): ?????ES

8 Coat and small jumper
covered by an almondy
snack (8): ???A????

30 Essayist unhappy
about letters from
abroad (7): ??M?DI?

31 One aspect perhaps
least like a snail (7): ??C????

34 American writer
drinking doctor’s
alcohol (5): ?O???

[Neveracrossword]

You have mistakes in 15, 19,29, 33, 42 and 30 D.

[JJ109]

29 Ill Spent (anagram "ten pills")

[JJ109]

31 Anagram i aspect

[JJ109]

8d "Scotsman or Apple" +a + little kanga + N

[JJ109]

4d Australian crustaceans = anagram "Baby" + alternate letters of diverse

[Matakari]

Many thanks,jj109, I've got 4(D), 31(D) and 29(A)...

[johnpiper]

I have completed the grid and found the quotation and know who it was attributed to but i am stuck with the 5 letter final word. are the letters adjacent to one another or spread out do we think?

[Neveracrossword]

John, the letters are all together, part of a word, answer...

[Matakari]

Any answers for the rest of my query? Many thanks!

[JJ109]

8d Macaroon

[JJ109]

30d . Greek "L" essayist aka Elia + a three letter word meaning unhappy reversed

[johnpiper]

Thanks
I will look again!

[Matakari]

Could 19(A) be PIMIENTO? Thanks!

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, no. Sizeists. discriminating types. Sis, sibling, Zest spice and I, one.

Hope you managed to fix some of those wayward letters?!