35 dn On top and rather lively in cricket say (11).
I have L-T-O-T-I-N, but there is something wrong somewhere.
51 dn Tail removed from exotic mammal's pelt (4).
I have ---T....
Last three: 29 dn: To star as revolutionary attracted American (7) s-n-a-d. 48 dn: Issue (contemptuously) tool that's inferior to spades (5) s-a-n. I have spawn, but can't scan it. 51 dn: Reaction...
3 down: Once deemed OK by lending banks quick to bring lawyer back in (3,4)
I have ?a? r?s?.
There are a few possibilities - pay rise, tax rise, etc but I can't parse any of them....
24 down: Did he write novels then, or only a plot for development? (7,8). I have A-T-O- Y-R-L-O-E It looks like an anagram of "then or only a plot" but I don't see it, and I can't find a novelist who...