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Spectator 2576 ( After Eleven )...

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Matakari | 08:01 Fri 07th Oct 2022 | Crosswords
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Good morning, another enigmatic, though thrilling, Fieldfare this week. The theme is not yet in sight, but I’m stuck on the following for which I would appreciate answers with parsing, thanks in advance.
ACROSS:
10 Sister in action in a moving church feast (12): ?N?O??I?????
21 Underclothes hang loosely? Twaddle (8) : S??D????
40 Rector in unlit palace possibly unworthy of bishop (12) : ?N???L??????
41 Mount Athos ignoring Thomas’s direct speaking ( 6 ) : AS?E??
42 Cheap writer wearing orangey-brown (8) : ?E??????
DOWN:
8 In country club seek good books, a number without antecedents (10) : ??B??????N
19 Political supporter left impression through effectiveness (8) : ??P??I??
22 Provoking distress of mine very greatly, Norm being away (9) : ????O????
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40 Unprelatical (anagram R(ector) + unlit palace)
19 Blairite
10 Annunciation
22 Piteously (Pit + E(norm)ously
21 Slipslop.
10 Annunciation
Sorry Neveracrossword, missed your second answer.
41 ascend
41A A ("Athos" without "Thos.") + Scend (an actual word which is pronounced "send" i.e. "direct").
Thanks, Cashier, easily done when there are so many answers being sought!
Matakari, glad you're finding this thrilling - though 'doable' would have been lovely!
8A Unbegotten UN (country club) + beg (seek) + OT (good books) + ten (a number).
42 Is there a word "tawpenny" ?
42 tenpenny
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May thanks, all, for the enormous help!
Thanks, Matakari - and it is worth persevering, the satisfaction will be worth it. I'm sure you have enjoyed earlier Fieldfare puzzles.
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Answers to these last three should help me now to seize the theme. Thanks again!
3 (D) In Paisley, pamper one sweeter all round (6): ?U??E?
4(D) Reminders fence regularly covers weeds (6) : ?C??E?
15 Great reserves of wisdom? Adept has no answers (6) : ??P???
4 Echoes, alternate letters+ add Hoes.
15 Depths. Adept has, without the As.
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Thank you, NACW, I've got the theme and am about to read over my answers now.
Glad you got the theme, Matakari - a pretty straightforward one, but interesting.
I don't have the 4D clue on my sheet...?

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