The Oldie mag Genius crossword 215

[Neutron]

Please, does anyone have the answer to 17 across
and 6 down in the Genius crossword 215 by Antico ?
I'd be very grateful to know what you think they are.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Neutron.

[crofter]

What are the clues?

[Neutron]

Hi crofter, and thanks for asking.

6 down. Clear English verse, perceptive, holding answer (8)
and 17across. Railroads, not quiet, brought about advanced comforts (9)

Any ideas?

[slaney]

6d possibly Evacuate
( ev english verse +acute with a )

[crofter]

The other is reassures

[crofter]

Wordplay (P) ressures about A(dvanced)

[Neutron]

Clever stuff, slaney, it fits in perfectly, so many thanks.
Are you a reader of The Oldie ?

[crofter]

Hi slaney nice one!

[Neutron]

Brilliant, crofter, thanks so much.

[slaney]

Evening both.. occasional reader (as an aid to geriatric deliquency)
Hi crofter hope you are in good form.

[slaney]

Or delinquency even !

[Neutron]

You two lads obviously have good knowledge of how to do crosswords. Anything even remotely 'cryptic' makes me flounder, I really prefer the general knowledge ones where I can check the encyclopaedias for the answers....
Thanks again to you both,

Neutron

[crofter]

Cryptic skills can be picked up with practice and give solving an extra dimension.
PS I believe slaney is a laydee.

[Neutron]

My apologies, slaney !

[slaney]

Might have known your sleuthing powers would have worked it out, crofter!
Laydee --not sure , in spite of much effort on the part of others.

[Neutron]

Well, the name of slaney does not give any clues to whether feminine or masculine, so we just have to guess"

Yes, crofter, when one sees how a cryptic clue's answer has been worked out, it is more interesting, and thanks for explaining how you got 'reassures'.
I struggled with this one: Revolutionary for example with time disrupting certain movement (7)

I've put 'gesture' in for the answer, and it seems okay.

[crofter]

for example = eg (revolutionary) = GE
Then T(ime) into SURE (certainty) gives GESTURE

[crofter]

should be "certain" and GESTURE = movement (definition)

There's always a "definition" and the "wordplay"

[Neutron]

Thanks crofter, for the explanation.

I thought it was correct, but I didn't know why, apart from the eg ! Now with your explanation, I can see it.

Goodnight, crofter and slaney,

Cheers,
Neutron