Azed 2504

[hankir]

Two Clues:

7. Constellation as above alongside Libra aloft (5)

18. Umbellifer mostly replaced when there’s raw mist around (8)

Thanks.

[JJ109]

7 Lupus

[JJ109]

I haven't completed it yet but for 18d I have
_ _ R _ _ _ A _
if that is any use to you

[JJ109]

By the way, I can't parse LUPUS except it is a constellation in the night sky next to Libra. I also have the letters _ UPUS.
"Up" is there but I can't parse the rest!

[hankir]

Thanks JJ109.

I have still 4 to go.

But Robot is two letters for travel plus three letter acronym for moon craft.

[Spoffy]

US (ut supra, 'as above') following ('alongside') L ('Libra', pound sterling) UP ('aloft').

[JJ109]

Thanks Hankir that may help me with the SE corner now!

[Spoffy]

18 - a five-letter word meaning 'placed again' ('replaced') with the last letter removed ('mostly'), having a four-letter local (Scottish/Eastern England) word for a sea-mist ('raw mist') outside ('around'). The 'replaced' word is more often used in the sense of 'restored to its initial state'.

[dannyk13]

Don't know about the word in Scotland but locally the word for a raw mist is Haar if that helps.

[Spoffy]

I rather think it might ;-)

[JJ109]

It would have done, but I had already got it by then thanks, Danny.
Thanks for the clue Spoffy

[Mamyalynne]

Ah, they don't break words up in this do they not?

naughty.

[hankir]

Thanks all.
I had that word but google said it means a fly.
Always look up TCD.

[hankir]

Still 4 remaining.

What is the first letter of 17a.

Hear this for anguish, Charley?(5) ?ACHE

Also a hint on 25d.

Musician not following another (5) L??E?

[Spoffy]

17 - think of five letters to put after HEAR that will produce a word for anguish.

[JJ109]

What 4 letter instruments begin with L?
add an R to the end

[Spoffy]

25 - Remove a one-letter abbreviation for 'following' from the start of a word for a player of one instrument to get the player of another. Both are more familiar with '-ist' endings.

[Spoffy]

Mamyalynne - in barred puzzles such as Azed, Listener etc it's the practice to enumerate hyphenated answers, and those containing apostrophes, as simply the total number of letters to be entered. I haven't done the Spectator puzzle for many years, but I think it may be an exception to this rule.

[Mamyalynne]

Understood.

[hankir]

Thanks spoffy and JJ.

Should have looked up Charley. Facial hair. Who knew?

Now need the first letter of 33a. Will try to find it.

[ProfessorMaisie]

'sins' is a reversed plural, so...