Sage Derby By Vagans ( Crossword Centre )

[Matakari]

Good evening, in spite of the apparently daunting preamble, I’ve made some surprising head way with this one. Help with the following would be appreciated, thanks!

29a    Resident in old people's home installed in vehicle (5)  : ?N???

 

 

7d Source of spicy seeds no longer Colombia but Peru (9)  : P??D??DE?
8d Send out atomic number retrospectively once (7, three words)  :O??L??E

  12d    Show of affection from Auden promoting North in Russian commune, that is (10)  : ?K?AU?E???
22d    Sailor undergoes examination and leaves to stay away from college (6): A?S??? ( ADSORB )

PREAMBLE: Two down answers are thematic characters, big cheeses in their day, and are clued with wordplay only. Solvers must highlight these two characters and the first part of a (rather cheesy) cryptic representation of a thematically-linked saying that could also refer to them in a rather cheesy way (12 characters in a straight line, leaving symmetrical highlighting), and enter five further characters beneath the grid to complete it. Single extra letters generated by the wordplay in each across clue indicate a quotation that could be applied to them, from a UK perspective, and five other cheeses (but not a red herring) must be removed from across clues before solving. Five further characters of a different sort must also be removed from the down clues before solving; these complete a set. All entries, including this set of characters, are to be found in The Chambers Dictionary (2016), which is recommended.

 

[newmodarmy]

non non non, that was my wrong attempt

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, I think you haven't read the replies properly!

Yes, it's maybe as well for you to leave the puzzle for  now - as well as the 18 extra letters, you have various 'further characters' to track down. You'd end up exhausted!

[cashier]

Politesse?

[Neveracrossword]

Yes, Cashier.

[Loki2034]

I have finished the crossword but have no idea of the saying to be highlighted. Can anyone give a hint? Thanks.

[Matakari]

Good morning,

Just a quick look again for these last two before I even contemplate finding the cheeses and the quotation. Many thanks in advance!

15a    Inn lynch mob hides Comte entirely (4) : IDL? ( IDLY )

    27d    Current money backing Forth ales enjoying success (4, two words ): ?NE?

[Neveracrossword]

15 The D is wrong

27 The E is wrong.

[Matakari]

Thanks, NACW, I obviously went astray here! My 30a should be SOLITAIRE. Then 27d should read: ?NA?

What is the answer for this one?
2    One of unclued lights is war god without name (5)  : TYR??

And then I would have to revisit 15a:
15    Inn lynch mob hides Comte entirely (4)  I?L?

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, now I KNOW you don't read the replies you get! We told you last week that Solitaire wasn't correct, and gave you the right answer. If you read the helpful posts again, that should make 27 D a little easier.

15 A. The answer is inside the clue, remember there's a single extra letter...

 

[Matakari]

Oh no, NACW, I DO read the replies but I somehow get muddled, surely it's POLITESSE...

[Neveracrossword]

Yes, Politesse was given to you  - and confirmed - last week, just after Solitaire was firmly discarded!

[cashier]

15   Try -  inly