Spectator 2542 ( Pabulum )

[Matakari]

Good evening, I'm stuck on the following and would
appreciate answers to get me through, thanks in advance.

ACROSS:
13 Plastic strap on spade? (10, two wds) : C???P?C?R
37 US city scours Delaware for trendy anthem (7) : ?N?????
42 Scheme member with money in powdered pigment (8) : ?O??????

DOWN:
3 City imports most of cheese by aircraft (7): ???GNO?
24 EMI dealt with no-one by that name (8, 2 wds): ??????NE
31 Sort of Champagne Charlie passing overhead (7, hyph) : ?????E?
32 Pair dodge work (7): ?????D?

[bobbinwales]

have we helped you get 42a Matakari as I dont think we helped with that?
What letters do you have now for it???

[Neveracrossword]

Bobbinwales, Tontiner - Tin, money, inside Toner, powdered pigment. Tontine, a financial scheme.

[Matakari]

Many thanks, all! I'll persist with the few more clues I have to work on before tackling the theme.

[Neveracrossword]

That's a shame, Matakari - I thought 'get me through' meant you were almost done. See you in a bit!

PS If you see the theme, entries from that could help you with the clues you have still to solve. 35 A isn't too tricky - and I reminded you that you (we?) did a similar puzzle just a few weeks ago...

[Farrwest]

I'm adding to this post -
28d Short andantinos in lost works - they're worth recording (7) ??TAI?A
An answer would be appreciated

[ProfessorMaisie]

NOTANDA

[ProfessorMaisie]

anag 'antand(in)o(s)' [in + 's (for 'is') lost]

[ProfessorMaisie]

...sorry, it's 'short' that gets rid of the 's' from the end of antandinos.

[ProfessorMaisie]

The answer to 23a is in the post two up from yours, farrwest.

[ProfessorMaisie]

sorry, Farrwest - 42a [not 23a].

[ProfessorMaisie]

...and three up [not two up] it must be getting late.

[Farrwest]

Thanks Professor.
I rarely use the AB these days but whenever I do it's always you who answer!
Notando puts an n in 26a with the result that r is the correct letter and I don't have an r in the coloured squares. Can you help me with this? Probably too late for you - only 7.43 pm here in Canada

[kettledrum]

I haven’t finished yet, but think the correct letter should be an L

[ProfessorMaisie]

It's me again, Farrwest (and it must be getting a bit late for you now) kettledrum is right - the correct spelling would be an L for the first N in NOTANDA (it's not 'o' on the end but I'm sure that's just a typo).
Hope you enjoyed this crossword as much as I did.