Guardian Genius Crossword 192

[RayH]

I need help !

[JJ109]

Thanks Iminoz - I have now definitely finished!

[iminoz]

31a. pull = DRAG + (L)OON, bird minus the first
DRAGOON is a type of pigeon

[AMartinP]

Thank you......I was working along those lines, but I couldn't find any reference to a dragoon being a kind of pigeon. I must have a deficient Chambers. Thank you again.

[JJ109]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragoon_pigeon

[RayH]

I still can't work ou this one..
8a Loose women aim to go far beyond Xanadu in the end (6)

[JJ109]

Unmoor (loose) = last letters of "(wome)n (ai)m (t)o (g)o (fa)r" following (Xanad)U

[RayH]

Thanks jj... I'm still struggling but hopefully I'll get there in the end.

[RayH]

Any clues on the "Authors"?

[JJ109]

I've thrown away my copy now so can't remember the numbers
I can't see how to give you clues for the first

You alread have "Afraid" and the authors are Terry Fide and Sophia Full

"Past It" is by an author that sounds like / not spelt like an old things Roadshow

The farm building one (although the work is nothing to do with farming) is by a "dessert often had at parties that contains alcohol", but the Christian name is a sounds like and not spelt like.

The other one is what happens on a motorway for instance when works are being carried out. Once again a sounds like (and you need to have an E in front of the sound also)

[JJ109]

The motorway one is mainly an anagram from memory + the name of a three letter river in North Yorkshire at the end

[RayH]

Thanks jj, you've been a great help !

[RayH]

Just two more to get.
Boring line on semicircle (3)
Farm building is sty with piglet on the outside (4,4,5)

[elliemay1]

arc?

[Captain2]

What letters do you have placed?

[Toorak]

First one - Dry ?

D (semicircle) Ry (railway/line)

[RayH]

Yes, thanks, I also just worked that one out..

[RayH]

The other one is a fictitious book (undefined) by a fictitioud author (Sheri Trifle)

[RayH]

I just worked it out !
Thanks anyway..