12A American spooks Patagonian creature turning tongue (7) --a----
30A Earth mother measuring kid's worn stone, for example (7) -eo-a--. (Have got a couple of possibles for this, but no idea why they'd fit!)
Thanks for any pointers.
Hi Ros. A very unsatisfactory offering from Mr McKenna with several pointless clues I thought.
To my mind he is the weakest member of the setting team.