5d. R?E?S Communists surround a cardinal with growth (5) REDS are communists and E for East so is it REEDS? But why? There is no definition for REEDS? Or N for North - could it be RENDS ? Any clues?...
17a It is said that Christian leaders have gone off works like the Messiah or Beethoven's 9th (4)
I have _R_L so assume it is ORAL (it is said) - just don't get the rest of the clue?...
20a From which one can deduce that, with no addition, this could become a devilish place (5) _N_E_ 31a MAn discarded tropical fruits and leaves (4) __E_ 4d Write short article on leaders of major...
26a Where people deal with the media, do they keep the cupboard away from the skating rink (5,6) P_R_S __F__E I assumed the first word is PRESS but can't figure the second word? Thanks in advance...
6d A race to adopt single male's spirit (9) A_I_A_I_N The only words I can think of are Animation or Agitation but can't see how either of these would fit? 4d Germany has a port for dropping...
27a Just as you must ingest Information Technology (4,2,2) T???I?I? So I think it is 'Take it in' ? 24d Cat-o-no-tails? Must be without the bare necessities! (5) I have ?K?N? which suggests SKINT but...
7d Drinks container shared by folk on banks of Rio Grande and on north shore of Lakes ......the obvious answer is CAN but I don't see why other than it's a drinks container? 25d The catch with getting...
9/8a For future colonisation, perhaps, a perfect spot - not too cold and not too hot? (10,4) G?L?I?O?K? ?O?E - is it Goldilocks Home? 7d Glide and stride with a milky stride (4) ?K?M must be SKIM?...
4a The result of rumination about leading lady making pie for clown in classic old comedy (7) C???A?D - is it Costard from Love Labour's Lost? 17a Baker's product from capital is found in country, in...
11a Local's stripped down to nothing in Spain, giving patriotic song (1,6) - O?A?A?A
14d Measure that monitors monitors? (6,4) - ?C?E?N ?I?E - is it Screen Time?...
8 across Duck for cover - the other way! (4) I have ?O?N and think the answer is DOWN but what has that to do with 'the other way'? 4 down ... and historical convention thus cut short (4) - ?R?D 2...
13a/20a What an orthodontist must take ad nauseum (4,4) - i have ???L / ?E?T 21a Pantomimic parate so marked? (4) - h??? 6d Get the picture? I car not to divulge what type (8) ?C?I?N?R 14d "Oh...oh?"...
1a In vicarage, minister will keep one for example (4,2,3,6) and I have ??G? O? T?E ?O?I?C and it looks like SIGN OF THE ZODIAC but can't firgure out why? 1d Excoriating second language on the north...
Stuck on two
5d Poet changing yen for krone remains a poet (5) K?A?S - think it is Keats but why?
26d For example, Colman's factory's contents (5) A?T?R...