Spectator 1914

[augustusH]

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I have answers to
6A
Yearly thrash in large house (6)

and

36A
Air stifling before dawn (6)

both of which I partially get. Why "Yearly thrash?" and why "Air stifling"?

thanks for any pointers

[grasscarp]

You are asking us to comment on the answers which you have and we dont, or rather I dont......

[augustusH]

Sorry-I didnt want to post spoilers-
The answers are PALACE and AURORA respectively

[midazolam]

p.a. = per annum = yearly
lace = thrash

aura = air
or = before (inside

[dr b]

6a, yearly = Per Annum, to lace is to thrash.

36a, air = aura, before = or, so aur(or)a

[grasscarp]

Aurora is goddess of dawn, so dawn.
If someone as an air of something it is called their aura and if you stifle (cut down) the word before you have or. That is how I would justify this clue.

[dr b]

Accoring to the OED, or = "At a former time, on a former occasion; formerly, previously, before; = ERE (Obs.)"

[dr b]

Or "according", as it is often correctly spelled.

[grasscarp]

thanks dr b. I thought that this was cutting down the word before to or, but now learn it has the extra meaning.

[midazolam]

chambers defintion:

or
conj (or adv) and prep
before (in time).

[augustusH]

thanks to all