Inquisitor 1583

[saladdodger]

Wordplay in each clue is either missing a letter or has an extra letter....

23a Bouncer returning to Iceland uses reproachful language (5) ?AILS
35d Master no longer composes medleys (6) ME??ES looks like an anagram of medleys minus a letter ??

Help with parsing some please:
2d Engineers move unsteadily east up Ohio's main road (7) answer FREEWAY

22a Very keen climber (4) VINE

[JJ109]

2d Extra letter F
R(oya) E(ngineers) + E(ast) + yaw (reversed)

[ProfessorMaisie]

23 - 'bouncer' tells fibs
35 - master is 'mes' + 4 letters for 'composes' minus 't' (eg composes a crossword).
2 usual abbrev. for 'engineers' + 'move unsteadily' = YAW (inverted) + E(ast) - the wordplay misses an F
22 V(ery) + (f)INE = 'keen' [the f is extra].

[saladdodger]

Thanks JJ109 ... that ties in nicely with my theme

[saladdodger]

... and thank you ProfessorMaisie too