Spectator 2178

[Matakari]

Help will be appreciated for the following, thanks:

AC 1 Nasty offer about chock treatment for responsive organ(8 ):
E??E?T??
AC 16 Greek maiden's torment on earth(5): H???A
AC 22 Artist's manipulated a ruler( 8 ): ?S?O????
AC 24 Chaos in bit of spring border(6 ): ?R????

[bibblebub]

effector
helle
osborne
mayhem

[Matakari]

Thanks, Bibblebub! You inadvertently gave me the answer to 23 Ac...Thanks!

[dannyk13]

1a.Effector

[bibblebub]

sorry, i saw that is was 20-something across and the letters that you've given at the start match those for 23a so didn't i check more thoroughly, so (in case you haven't got it yet:-

22a: tsaritsa

[bibblebub]

oops, some words in wrong order and too much use of the word "so"

[Matakari]

Thank you, bibblebub, I got this one!