Totally stumped on last one:
18 across: Dutch potato with light-yellow flesh, ideal for mashing, boiling, baking or making the dish gratin dauphinois (6)
I have ?S?I?A...
4d A supposed universal etheric field in which a record of past events is imprinted (6) A?A?H?
21d Headscarf worn by Muslim women (6) ?H?M?R
Did anyone else find this puzzle boringly obscure???...
34a Leaders of Tammany Hall (7) - S?C?E?S
5d An inhabitant of Ragusa, Sciacca or Taormina, say (8) - S?C?N?A?
it is not Sicilian, as the N comes from Alex Stepney (= Man U goalkeeper 1977)...
4d The hollow formed by the palm with closed fingers bent upwards (8,3) d?o?e?e? c?p 31d Having small pits or depressions, as in receptacles of composite flowers (10) ?o?e?l?t?d
Also known as grains of paradise, a spice derived from a plant in the ginger family, tastes like pepper, coriander and cardamom (10) M-L-G-E-T-. I found an answer to this but it's too short......is...
Stuck on these down clues
6d The murmur heard in auscultation (7) ???F?L?
25d Waterfalls or deep ravines (5) L?N?S
35d Old triflers (9) ?R???L?RS
47d Rock cavity lined with crystals (5) ?R?S?...