Spectator N0 2513

[Matakari]

Good evening, some answers/hints would be much appreciated for the
following, please! Thanks in advance!
ACROSS:
12 Swats young bee eludes (4) : ??M?
14 Feel fond of fighting terrible Tom (6, two words): ?A?L??
24 Medium river not quite so long (5) : ?A??M??
25 Gallic goats stink unless carefully sluiced initially (5) : ?O???
DOWN:
3 The old piercing violin went wrong (7) : ?????E?
15 ‘Request’ boffin’s job (8) : ?S?AR??
19 Napoleon’s engineer given uniform to check supply of food boxes (8) : ?????A?D
22 Olympian satisfied tucking into venison (7) : ??M??R?

[bookbinder]

15 down: you say (8) letters, but you provide only 7 spaces.

[bookbinder]

24 across: you say (5) letters, but you provide only 7 spaces.

[aelmpvw]

3 strayed

[Farrwest]

22d. de(met)er

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, this is when your 10/15 years of doing the puzzle will come in very handy - it's definitely one for regular solvers!

24 You have a mistake
14 You have a mistake.
22 You have a mistake

[Farrwest]

aelmpvw - I think you meant 13 down

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari's put 3 D for 13 D.

[bobbinwales]

15 will have ASK in but your letter total is wrong so not sure if it starts ASK

[Neveracrossword]

Bobbinwales, 15 D definitely doesn't have Ask in it. The letters shown should have been ??S?AR??.

Matakari, was your OP done in a hurry?!

[Matakari]

My apologies for the untidiness, I've been terribly distracted!
15(D) should read: ??S?AR??
24(A) was to be changed to:
21 US mountain or alp blessed by Persian poet? (7): ?A??M??

[bobbinwales]

A French goat is Maybe remove the U for unless intially that helps poitou if that's at all relevant??? Not sure what that gives tho

[bobbinwales]

Words moved around by themselves. First sentence should say "A French goat is poitou if that's at all relevant???Maybe remove the U for unless initially that helps

[cashier]

15 Research?

[cashier]

24 Radio

[bobbinwales]

looks good cashier

[bobbinwales]

radio looks okay although Matakari didnt tell us the correct pattern, he just said first was wrong

[bobbinwales]

R + adio(s)

[bobbinwales]

Lams? Lambs minus the B (bee)???

[LancastrianOik]

19D Bouchard, but struggling to parse it.

25A (BO)ucs

[bobbinwales]

boucs looks perfect, BO + UCS initial letters