Enigmatic Variations N0 1669 By Kcit

[Matakari]

Good evening, I’m taking a shot at this one to see how far I can reach> Thanks in advance for help from the following!

7a Nothing interrupts computer scientist giving series of lectures? ( 7 ) : ????I??

10d  Former border account linked to limit of land ( 7 ): ?????S?

13d Carriage horse flicking tail up? ( 4 ) : ??B?

Confirmation for:

11a Reversing routine with favourite hospital purgative ( 7 )   : ?ER???? (HERBARY )
8d Arthurian heroine? Isolde’s foremost in consequence ( 4 ):   ENID
12d Wrong to abandon using Long Island for citrus fruit ( 4 )E??? (EMIL )

( PREAMBLE:Only rows and columns with more than one bar have those bars indicated. Clues to these words are normal. All other rows and columns are STRIPs and contain one or two entries ( an entry may be a two-word phrase ) with a total length of thirteen letters. As a TEASE, these are clued in random order; where there are two entries their clues have been run together, with the leftmost or topmost coming first. Solvers must add bars so that the final grid retains 180-degree symmetry. Finally, solvers must highlight a thematic nine-letter word. Answers to clues in obelised strips not found in Chambers Dictionary ( 2016 ), which is recommended, are in Collins. )

 

 

 

 

[Neveracrossword]

13 Arba, carriage - from Arab, horse, flicking its tail, last letter.

11 Turpeth

7 Touring, giving a series of lectures. (Alan) Turing, with O, nothing inside.

[newmodarmy]

EN(I)D is fine

I can't make a case for the the other two answers you suggested

[newmodarmy]

Yes, definitely TUR PET H

I've no idea how Herbary might work for you

[newmodarmy]

Can you tell us how you arrived at EMIl as an option, apart from lime reversed. What's the definition?

[Neveracrossword]

12 Ugli - Sin, wrong leaves, abandons, Using, and add L, long and I, island. 

[Matakari]

 Many thanks, NACW and newmodarmy, I originally got 12d with my own particular parsing, u+g from”using” and L+I,Long Island, but somehow did not follow my instinct.
The answer for:
 10d  Former border account linked to limit of land ( 7 ): ?????S?

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari. I'm glad your parsing for Ugli was the same as mine, a pity you opted for Lime instead!

 

[Neveracrossword]

Sorry, Matakari - 10 D is Accoast.

PS That's almost half of the straightforward clues out of the way now, you'll need to be on top form for the Strips!

[Cloverjo]

Matakari, do you look at the hints on the bigdave44 website? They're always very helpful. 
 

[Neveracrossword]

Cloverjo, I can't - of course - answer for Matakari - but he did say recently that he'd 'just look at the hints' for what was a tough EV, so I expect he knows about it.