LOI 13a - "Abstract making leverage to impress European Commission leaders". I have _R_C_S_N_, but I can't see any credible candidates in Onelook Reverse Dictionary, and I can't see that I've got any...
29a "African girl embracing dogs", for which I have -U-E-E-E It crosses down answers JULEP, MONTEVIDEO, TAKEN OVER, ARTHURS SEAT, all of which seem "bulletproof" to me. But I can't find any credible...
17a Everybody in Hackney perhaps needs to instruct youth about love (9) I have -O-C-L-A- (but not actually sure about the A, 'cos I can't do 2,26d either - I'm just guessing the second word is...