Spectator - Christmas Crossword - "Organic Message" By Cheesecracker

[Matakari]

Thanks for the suggestion, NACW, I’ve got  letters for some across clues but am having trouble entering them. Help would be appreciated for the following:

30            Cry about skinned baby animal that has little fat (6,5) : SI?????E?M

38            Rite amended in article, books and ordinal (10): T??????  

73            Earthy rocks in ‘uneven’ hole having no roof (9) : ?Y?T?RA?

74            Tape barely held by glue on small clock part (10) : ??A???ENT

75            Protein’s gone all funny (8) : ???A?EN

80            Random act regularly ruins ours at first (9) : ?N???EED 

 

[Neveracrossword]

Several of these have been answered on earlier threads, Matakari -so easier for you to look than for me to answer (again in some cases)! 

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, as this one's proving so much of a struggle for you, you'd maybe fare much better with the latest EV (from Chalicea, one of your favourites) or the latest Private Eye puzzle (packed with anagrams)?

[PiffPoff]

30 Cry about skinned baby animal that has little fat (6,5) : SI?????E?M

Not entirely clear on wordplay except cry being SCREAM, but I have:

SI(N)GLE CREAM

[JJ109]

baby  animal = piglet, skinned = (p)igle(t)

[PiffPoff]

Ahh. Thanks. I'm stuck on the bottom quarter. 49D Inlaid fancy items with pace (9)

?M???????

[PiffPoff]

38 Rite amended in article, books and ordinal (10): T??????  

THIRTEENT(H)

THE + (RITE*) + NT (books)

[Neveracrossword]

Piffpoff, I'm away from home.  49 D is just an anagram (fancy)of Items and Pace (if I'm remembering correctly!)

[PiffPoff]

Thanks! Never even tried to anagram. Doh!!!!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, PiffPoff - glad that helped.