Feeling rather dunce-like I am asking for more help! 6ac. Top of gas cooker is cracked (4). 10ac. Encouragement to action is but a small thing (4). 18ac. Secret police show revolutionary spirit (5). I have C?E?A.17ac.Eg, Barenboim's lost a degree in enthusiasm (5). I have E????. 26ac.Albert Einstein - Interior Designer of the Folies Bergere (4). I have E?T?
Thanks again Quizmonkey and thank you kettledrum - I wouldn't have got those no matter how many wet towels! I agree Quizmonkey about the obscure words - not the sort in every day use.