Spectator 2216

[Matakari]

Some help with the following will be appreciated to get me through, thanks in advance:

ACROSS:

14 Book of parallel texts necessary to concoct plan(7): ????P??
38 Rearrange reservation with cold hotel and escape westward(10):
???????U??
42 Delay abandoning good ship(5): ?R???

DOWN:

7 Suitably tense going into a bend(5): ???L?

[toalisi]

14a octalpa (hidden)
38a Reschedule
42a lin(g)er
7d Ap t ly

[toalisi]

sorry octapla for 14a

[Matakari]

Thanks, toalisi!

[toalisi]

Glad I could help

I should have parsed 38d as I know you are just moving up to
advanced cryptics.

RES ( reservation) C (cold) H (hotel) EDULE ( escape < westward)

[Matakari]

Thanks!