The Crossword Centre-Free Hit By Rebus

[Matakari]

A complicated one...Some help with answers and parsing to get this one off the ground,please ! Many thanks in advance! (http://www.crossword.org.uk/freehit.html )
ACROSS:
10.Blackmail soldiers into reformation.(8) - ?OH?????
15.'No go' region wear a mask.(10) - E??S?PR???
24.Busy carpet lifts the art of building (9) - N?TO??D??
30.Listened to track on the Heaviside Layer perhaps.(2 words)
E??NI??M??
35.Poet's from Siberia and does AM shift.(6) - ??M??Y
DOWN:
2.Gather together least practised and pay for call at the other end in Chicago. (7) - S?E????
3.Return to East Caribbean house gatherings (4) -U???
22.Insists upon a back strain (7) - E??????

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, JJ. I have a few clashes, the theme in general, the title... but a bit of tidying up still to do.

[Matakari]

Thanks to you all! The information concerning the closing date has just been changed to read 8th June 2020, so I have yet plenty of time to mull over this one!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari. The closing date was shown as 8th June at 1 o'clock, you must have missed it! I'm glad ABers now have all the relevant information, that definitely makes solving/helping easier.

[Mamyalynne]

Just a tip when giving a link, post it as a stand alone and not in brackets.

[JJ109]

Stuck on last one - there is always one!
36a. Has former prostitutes taking lethal dose (6)
_ O _ D _ S

Many thanks!

[Neveracrossword]

JJ, I couldn't confirm my original answer (I'm hoping it's one of the two in OED, which I don't have). I worked backwards - if the third letter changes thematically, I can confirm it from another clue. I'm being a little cryptic as this is such a new puzzle!
I seem to have a problem with a clash in 27 D/34 A.

[JJ109]

34a is an anagram and 4th letter is T, 27d is a piece of music and = unable to + love. Again 4th letter is T. There isn't a clash

However, I have to admit that I ignored words when I had a definition that parsed by the rest of the clue. Here I ignored "theme singer"!

[Neveracrossword]

JJ, thanks. My 27 D was correct, 34 A wasn't. I've fixed the latter - and so am now all finished. It was quite good fun.
PS That was a bad definition to miss!

[ProfessorMaisie]

36 Is one that isn't in Chambers - def 'Has former' (meaning 'has' archaic) and it has a thematic letter change [4 letters for prostitutes (US slang) around the initials for 'lethal dose']

[JJ109]

Many thanks Prof

[ProfessorMaisie]

The changes don't always involve a clash - but every letter ? must be changed for the theme to work.

[ProfessorMaisie]

...just thought I'd mention that JJ, but I'm sure you've already twigged the theme.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, PM, my reasoning - working backwards -involved some of that! The thematic element confirmed my entry.

[JJ109]

No prof, I've finished the crossword completely, but where I have clashes I've put both letters in for now. It is getting late at night, I shall work out the theme and which letter to insert tomorrow morning!

Many thanks!

[ProfessorMaisie]

Matakari - 24 the 'busy' is slang, you need a 3 letter shortening of 'detective' [remove 'carpet', it's extra] + 6 letters for things that might give you a lift if you were under the weather (def 'art of building').

[ProfessorMaisie]

I think there's a fair bit of work to do matching the extracted stuff to the new entries, JJ (but it's good fun!).

[JJ109]

Theme sorted and finished completely!
Many thanks both!

[JJ109]

oops Theme sorted, but not finished completely, not as simple as I thought!

[Neveracrossword]

JJ, glad I could help.

I'm sure you'd find this fun if you tackled it afresh. As you said, there's plenty of time!

[ProfessorMaisie]

30 is a weird one - I think you have to 'hear' it as,''on the heavy side'', to get the first 4 letters of the answer, that's followed by a 6 letter synonym for 'track' and the def is 'layer' [often found on a wall!].