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[aeronut]

Back with a couple more that should put me close to the finish line,
Help appreciated,
7dn: Superstitious nonsense affecting devotion: woman defending error (7)
I have ?s?e?g
19dn: Poet's plain German and English missing from four couplets?
I have u???g??

[Lie-in King]

7d Pisheog (Ir. "superstitious nonsense") - 'pi(ous)' + 'she' + 'o(wn) g(oal)' (defending error)

19d Undight (Spenser's "unadorned"; plain) - 'und' (Ger. "and") + '(e)ight' (4 couplets, no E[nglish])

[aeronut]

You are amazing Yr Majesty.
That leaves 23ac here once the large gut infected what precedes BSE
I have ?t?a?d Is it Utgard? If so BSE is not mad cow disease.
And confirm 26ac is rut for contracted rarely used tongue muscle.

[Lie-in King]

23a - Yes - Utgard (Norse home of giants; here, once, the large) - anag 'gut' + 'ARD' (letters precede BSE)

26a Lat(in) - contracted, rarely used tongue & lat(issimus dorsi); muscle

[aeronut]

Thanks again.

[Lie-in King]

You're welcome :-)