New Statesman

[dafyddapgwilym]

Stuck, stuck, stuck....
2d) Two southern US states require 30 supporters (3-3).
I have ?A?-??A, and 30 is TEMPERANCE
12ac) Pin Margaret to the stage! (6)
I have ?E???
and 8d) Exercises time in quietness (10)
???T?L?N?E

[AlwaysConfused]

pestilence

[Neveracrossword]

8 D seems to be Pestilence - PE/exercises, with 'silence', quietness, and 't' for time, inside. There doesn't seem to be any definition?

[BlackadderV]

12 Peg leg?

[Lie-in King]

2d Laa-laa - 'L(ouisian)a' + 'Al(abama)' + 'AA' - a Tellytubby with no definition (?)

[dafyddapgwilym]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, so much.
And the lack of definitions in those two are because they are elements of "foursomes". (Eh-oh!).

[LibertyBelle]

I think 12 a is peglag - it's an acronym for the 7 deadly sins. It did say one answer in this puzzle is an acronym.