Spectator #2511 Changing Places

[Missel]

HINTS please for any of the following:
29A Island garden with a cuckoo (7) ??AN?D?
39A Keen to win fluctuating set (7) ??R???T
18D Wrong about onerous inauguration (10, hyphened)
???A?I?D??
26D Some happen to describe radio valve (7) P?N?O??
27D Dressage music? (7) ??????E

[cashier]

29 Grenada

[Neveracrossword]

29. The 'cuckoo' is simply an indication of an anagram.

[Spicerack]

29. grenada

[Mamyalynne]

26 is hidden in clue

[Neveracrossword]

Hints?

[Spicerack]

39/ earnest

[cashier]

26 In the clue, starts with p

[cashier]

18 what you are when you are clothed in wrongdoing.

[Toorak]

18 a 3 letter word for wrong (noun) around a 7 letter word for onerous - solution is 8-2

[Toorak]

27 begins with a and is a double definition

[novalis]

27 down - begins with R. A type of music associated with Scott Joplyn.

[roslyn251254]

39a 4 letter synonym of win + anagram of set.....defn is keen

27d 3 letter synonym for dress (very scruffy) + 4 letter synonym of age ( the obvious one) Defn is a type of music

[Missel]

Everyone, many thanks indeed for the helpful directions.

Two left:
HINTs please for
15A Fish and cheese sauce, not new (5) ?OR?Y
31D That's a relief! (5) ?A??O

[Mamyalynne]

15 a sauce often had with cod, remove the 'N'

[Captain2]

Cheese sauce, starts with M, then take N(ew) out and you have a fish

[Mamyalynne]

31 a (usually) small carving done in relief for brooches etc.

[Missel]

Perfect. All done.

Thanks everyone.

Form the second part of the clue, the solution to "36A Stop will be in France before one (5)" is clearly SERAI (French "sera" + I). Can anyone tell me in what way "Serai" means "Stop"?

[JJ109]

One of the definitions of a serai is a caravanserai or an "inn" with a courtyard where in desert regions travellers use for a "stop" on a journey

[Missel]

JJ109 thank you. Always good to learn new words - caravanserai indeed.