Spectator # 2487

[Matakari]

Bonjour, I'm on the trail of the birthday boys and have got one of them with his works and birthplace. But I'm stuck on the following clues for which I seek some help so that I might find the other birthday boy. Thanks in advance!

ACROSS:
24 Dejected cardinal fell to the ground (7): ?L?????
35 Hilary, say, at home with Bertie or Charles de Gaulle? (8): ?E?ME?T?
43 Old moolah left entry in chronicle (5): A?O??

DOWN:
4 Article cramped storehouse upended (4, hyphened): ?A??
7 Maiden stops greeting upright learned man (6): ?LL???
8 Bill enthralled by square lass (6): ??D???
30 Some angsty Lusophile means to write (6): ???LA?
34 … cast in Arne opera (6): D?U???

[Neveracrossword]

When you say 'help', Matakari, do you want answers? The last few batches of hints seemed to hinder rather than help!

[Neveracrossword]

You have mistakes in 25,43, 4,8,30 and 34....

[JJ109]

30 The answer is hidden in the clue - your A is wrong

[Matakari]

Give me answers with parsing for these, please, Neveracrossword!
I'll take up the challenge of completing with this help!

[Matakari]

Thanks JJ109, I see it!

[Neveracrossword]

24 Flatten, fell to the ground (fell, verb, knock down) Flat,dejected, Ten, cardinal, number.

35 Terminal - Term, Hilary +In+Al(Bert)

[Neveracrossword]

34 Ernani, opera, anagram(cast) of 'in Arne'

8 Nadine, lass. Ad, bill, inside Nine, square (numerical stuff).

'I'll take up the challenge' sounds rather grand!

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, just a thought - maybe if we gave you the answers and left you to work out the parsing, you'd gain valuable experience? Once you've dismantled a few answers for yourself, you might not need quite so much assistance.

[Matakari]

Thanks, Neveracrossword, your suggestion seems good, but I do not think we need to put it into effect this time. With perseverance, I believe I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I seek confirmation and parsing for the following:
ACROSS:
27 American without brown skirts (5): TEXAS
28 Antiquated parliament fits up heater (7): RIGSDAG/RIKSDAG
( I opted for RIGSDAG. )
44 Crucial heart of dessert is some dry fruit (4): KEYS
39 Each expert knocked back trifles (5) : N ? WAE

DOWN:
23 Refined eating-house barring a hog sequentially (7, two words):
EN SUITE
38 Try and cut second outing (4) : HEAR

[JJ109]

38 Hear = correct, you try or hearr a law case, Cut = shear minus S(econd)

[JJ109]

27 is TEXAN not Texas
American (texan) = ex (without) (skirted/gone around by) Tan (brown)

[JJ109]

Keys is correct
Crucial (key) + heart/middle letter of (des)S(ert) = Keys (dried fruit)

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari. Glad AB helped with your latest batch!

[Matakari]

Thanks again,JJ109 and Neveracrossword, what about 28(A), 39 (A) and 23(D)?

And finally, to put this one to rest, a confirmation for the last two:
2 ( D ) Someone posturizing that soldier detained (5): YOGIS
31 Noted seaman perhaps meeting Germany’s old president (6) : KRUGER

Happy about the UNCLUEDS which I now have. I am getting back to my yearly Christmas Charity Puzzle by Gordon Gray which is great fun,though quite devious in some ways.

[hankir]

2d would be Yogin. (That = Yon)
39a. Nugae. Each = ea, Expert = Gun.

36d. The def is Tag so your W is wrong.
Take the first letter off of a young bird that lives way up.

[Matakari]

Many thanks, Hankir! Am I on target with 23(D) and 31(D)?
( EN SUITE and KRUGER)

[greyfox]

Both correct Matakari.

23ac. Anagram of 'eating-house' without the letters 'a hog'. Definition 'sequentially'.

31dn. Noted seamen perhaps = 'Kru' , sounds like 'crew' + Ger(many), giving a former South African President.

[Matakari]

Thanks, Greyfox! It's done now!

[bobbinwales]

Your Answer...

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, glad you got help with the parsing - I'm sure you must be absorbing all the helpful stuff!