4d & 18a clues interlink. 18a. Sychophantic behaviour (8) - o - d - i - -. Thought it might me toadying, but the g does not seem to fit 4d clue of secondary school employee (9,6) geography g - s - e...
17d European Males (8) ?E?????s 20d Half cold weather head covering (7) ??R???? 29a Tense type of film (11) ? Blockbuster? 21d A second bout between the same boxers (7) 22d Wave, big car & cylinder...
8d. Force in expressing one's opinions, stridency. (14). I think the answer must be boisterousness but the 12a answer is Polanski, thus making the 4th letter of 8d an i. -o-i-e-o-s-e-s. It is probably...