The Spectator N0.2470

[Matakari]

Some help, answers/hints, would be appreciated for the following, please! Thanks in advance!
ACROSS:
5 Upmarket magazine with
marginal comment at
end of entry (6) : ?A????

12 First half of the rabble is
groovy! (6): ?A?G?E (BARGEE?)

13 Hudson and Kitty go
fishing here? (8, two
wds) : ???RP???

20 Woollen cloth cut before
getting put away in E13
borough (8) : PLA?SOO?

26 Small computer operating without letter (7) : O?IS?O?

31 Shakespeare challenging
while speaking (8): ATSA?I?G

39 Some German waste
recycled (5) : ?T?A? ( STERE? )

41 Expert in the Listener?
(6): A?R?S?

DOWN:
14 Beginning of Crimean
War upset crop (4): ??E?

33 The current situation
comes up cyclically too
(6, three wds): ?S????

[Mamyalynne]

20 Woollen cloth cut before
getting put away in E13
borough (8) : PLA?SOO?

Your pattern is wrong

PLA?STO?

Scots cloth cut by one letter + to put away especially on a boat.

[bookbinder]

39 straw?

[greyfox]

13ac. Rock(Hudson) pool(kitty)
20ac. Plai(d) stow
26ac. O(micro)n
31ac. As saying

14dn. C(rimean) raw (anag. of War)

[Mamyalynne]

41 One skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear.

[Mamyalynne]

I see, answers and/or hints.

Confusing.

[cashier]

13 Rock pool
Rock Huson
Kitty=pool

[cashier]

33 As it is

[Neveracrossword]

39 is a German word.

Matakari, by including 'answers', you're more likely to get those than just hints - and hints are more likely to see you making progress, getting into the way of a puzzle/setter.

[Mamyalynne]

That's more or less why I have walked away now, seems futile to give hints.

[bookbinder]

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/2470-express-route

[Matakari]

Many thanks for the help, all!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari. If you want answers - or indeed, just hints - for the next batch, just let us know!