Scotsman Factfinder 18 Dec

[BertieButton]

13a An 18th Century women's low cut basque with sleeves(7) P???R?T - I thought this might be PLACKET but can't get it to fit with other answers and I'm not sure it's a basque anyway!!!
16a Former officer in a Scottish court who repeated the sentence after the judge(8) ?O???T?R
3d A shell of pastry, etc, or small round mould(7) D?R?O?E
6d To remove a protective covering from the head(7) D?S???? - is this DESPOIL?
17d A small dairy cow originating in the Channel islands (8) ?L?E?N?L
26a A small town south of Canakkale in western Turkey(5) E?I?I

[boxtops]

3d Dariole

[boxtops]

6d - descarf?

[Calibax]

3d Dariole

[Calibax]

17d Alderney if last L is wrong

[boxtops]

13 isn't placket (that's a button-fold), but I'm trying to work out what it is!

[BertieButton]

Think the L is right as the clue is a Citizen of the US state known as the Keystone State PENNSLYVANIAN

[dxhound2003]

Your L and Y are transposed.

[boxtops]

..so does that mean there is a Y in 13a pls?

[dxhound2003]

I don't know, I haven't got the crossword but PennsYLvanian is the correct spelling.

[BertieButton]

Ooops! Sorry! ALDERNEY it is then for 17d!
Letters for 13a are just the same though!

[imac]

I think 26a is Ezine

[dxhound2003]

Sorry Boxtops, mistook you for Bertie there.

[dxhound2003]

13a Pierrot

[New2Quizzes]

26a EZINE (if your final i is wrong - or if you can spell it like that).

[BertieButton]

The i at the end of 26a comes from HAITIAN which I put to 19d Citizen of a Carribean which proclaimed independence in 1804(7)

[imac]

Sorry. Change Ezine to Etili

[boxtops]

Have you got a definition pls dxhound? - as a dressmaker I'm interested. The only link I can find between Pierrot and basques is a modern atelier.

[dxhound2003]

Chambers Dictionary: 18th century women's low-cut basque, with sleeves.

[dxhound2003]

And here:

http://www.wordnik.com/words/Pierrot

[imac]

6d may be dishelm which in Crossword finder is defined as depriving of a helmet!!