I am.not repeating the preamble.
I have all solutions with generous help from this forum
But some of my answers seem to be wrong.
I have figured out what the perimeter letters hint at. But am not getting them all in my crossers
Please check these:
13. Nana undressed a girl I've just met 3,5
I have it as pea brain
Also 10a
Edinburgh's spots seem half hearted (6)
Plouks
Thanks
I'm rubbish at even the most basic cryptics, so I'm totally lost with hard ones! However that nice Mr Google tells me that 'a girl I've just met' is a reference to the lyrics of 'Maria', from West Side Story. Does that help at all?
10a plouks is correct.. with P U S ignored in word play
13a again correct with P E B A N ignored ...the other 3 ...ARI come from mARIa like Buenchico says
in 2d column the thematic starts EMPER....
and 3d column only the T of 3d is clued so you need the other 4 letters as the start of the next thematic