Any help with these clues would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
11 across- Sight captivating nun dreadfully bored in Paris(6)??????
17 across- Scaly eels arranged round cocotte(7)???????
13 across- It's hard when NY leaaves backward runs for its old tram(8)
HO??E???
35 across- Book(crudely stapled,mind) impressed though not gilded(12)
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12 down-Possibly housing rented crookedly? Negotiations no longer current
(10)????????L?
16 down- Upwardly-mobile American city near L.A almost but not quite rural
(8)SUBURB?? Suburban or Suburbia?
18 down- Government always occupying field of action(8)?????A??
20 down-Jack e.g. opens (not English) French bay rum(7)B?CH???