Enigmatic Variations N0 1669 By Kcit

[Matakari]

Good evening, I’m taking a shot at this one to see how far I can reach> Thanks in advance for help from the following!

7a Nothing interrupts computer scientist giving series of lectures? ( 7 ) : ????I??

10d  Former border account linked to limit of land ( 7 ): ?????S?

13d Carriage horse flicking tail up? ( 4 ) : ??B?

Confirmation for:

11a Reversing routine with favourite hospital purgative ( 7 )   : ?ER???? (HERBARY )
8d Arthurian heroine? Isolde’s foremost in consequence ( 4 ):   ENID
12d Wrong to abandon using Long Island for citrus fruit ( 4 )E??? (EMIL )

( PREAMBLE:Only rows and columns with more than one bar have those bars indicated. Clues to these words are normal. All other rows and columns are STRIPs and contain one or two entries ( an entry may be a two-word phrase ) with a total length of thirteen letters. As a TEASE, these are clued in random order; where there are two entries their clues have been run together, with the leftmost or topmost coming first. Solvers must add bars so that the final grid retains 180-degree symmetry. Finally, solvers must highlight a thematic nine-letter word. Answers to clues in obelised strips not found in Chambers Dictionary ( 2016 ), which is recommended, are in Collins. )

 

 

 

 

[Matakari]

Thanks again, jj109, this should be the final hurdle! For confirmation, thanks:

4 Antique visor to survive atop a new Dutch furniture item : UMBRELLA /STAND

6 Cat – exclamation over second amongst pastries – dreadful scene: TORTOISE/SHELL

13 Post legislation, leading party member reckoning for Scots to adapt to Indian religion after one is in operation  LAWIN/HINDOUISE

14 Rarely dull old German confederacy restraining tense bearlike actor that’s ruined paperwork: OBTUND/ARCTOID

 

And I must have gone astray with this one:

5a Line of hair, line displayed by second big shot ( 8 ) : ?O?OB?O?

 

[JJ109]

4, 6, 14 correct

typo in 13 Lawin Hinduise

5a Monobrow

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, apart from your spelling at the second part of 13 A, those are all fine.

5 Monobrow

As earlier, I won't parse - you'll need to speed up the learning process where that is concerned!PS

The Cat clue is only one word, the whole thing.

[Matakari]

Thanks, jj109 and NACW, I got the one word for the cat clue and had the right answer for 13 minus the O. And for 2d, I arrived at FRET ( an obsolete word for property? ), but can’t find it in my dictionaries.
PS: I’m going over the parsing for this one. Quite interesting, indeed!

[JJ109]

Fee is the word for property as in "fee simple", with an R for rook included

[Matakari]

Gratitude, jj109, I did not know the term "fee simple" associated with property. It's done now and looking forward to a Matakari-friendly offering for Thursday.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari. At least you know now that you weren't going to get very far without an awful lot of help! 

 

[Neveracrossword]

Nice to see you this morning, Matakari. Christmas has come early for you - a very, very Matakari-friendly Speccie puzzle. You'll notch up four in a row, I'm sure!