Spectator 2460

[Missel]

Help please:

8D "See eighth of gamblers end in abject poverty (9)" feels like it might be 'Penniless'. Hints please if I am wrong. If it is right, can you help with parsing?

Hints please for 28D "Medium hotel dodges most desirable compulsory check" (7, two words) ??T????

For 31 D "Northern bluish-grey fish traverses loch" (6) I have ?KLA??, but can't find this combination in Chambers on-line

[novalis]

8d is an anagram - but penniless is wrong
28d - Def is compulsory check and the split is 3,4 - most desirable minus first letter replaced by normal abbreviation for medium
31d - it is in Chambers Word Wizard

[klazomaniac]

28d Think health check for a motor

[ProfessorMaisie]

31d is in Chambers - look at the entry following 'skivvy'.

[Missel]

Thank you Novalis, klazomaniac and ProfessorMaisie