For my own edification again, some help with the following, please! Thanks in advance!
11a - Girl crafty in conversation(6): ?R????
34a - Famous general dogs a dry old statesman(6): ?T??RE
39a - Cocktail Dumpynose's band talked about(6, two words): ????A?
8d - Argue over Keat's first poem?(4): ??R?
9d - Slough and not seaside town(6): ?U?N?R
24d - Stud with active life is trimmer (8,two words): ?A???I?E
25d - Sumptuous food shop not one wife enters initially(6, 2 words):?IL???
26d - Charlie turned sprightly in old kingdom(7):?SS???A (ASSYRIA?)