Clue: "Actress West has endless criticism of the conductor." The answer is obviously MAESTRO but I don't understand why. My theory is that the actress is MAE, the 'has' is shortened to S as...
Done all but two: "British solider returned to observe tropical sea fish" I have x I x E x E and "Destruction done by a man wearing apron, say." I have x A x O x A x E x I keep...