Spectator N0 2608 - Cheesecracker

[Matakari]

Good day, a hint for the following, thank you!

13d Department enthralled by Shakespeare’s sonnets (7) : ?S?O?N?

And a confirmation for this one, thank you!

11a Snowdrift BBC DG once reported (6) : ?R???H ( WREATH )

[writesbad]

13d The answer is in the clue

[Matakari]

Many thanks, writesbad! For one living in France, I should have seen this one!
What say you about 11a? Un grand merci d'avance!

[writesbad]

11a Yes, sounds like (Lord) Reith

[Matakari]

Yes, the sound has it for this one, I see. And this one which I'm trying to parse:

31 Northern Dutch settler hides blunder (5 ): ?O?E? ( BOWER )
( DEF Dutch settler, but "hides blunder"? )

[writesbad]

31 the answer is ***, a silly mistake
N(orthen) inside (hides) Boer, Dutch settler

[writesbad]

Automatic edit of word which also has a vulgar meaning
But you can see the answer by putting "n" inside Boer

[Matakari]

Ok, I see it! In fact, I paused for a long time on that word with the n.
Thanks again!

[johnpiper]

I am almost there on this real stinker of a crossword
Struggling with the parsing of 34 A which seems to be DODOS. But why? i can see they are extinct birds....but the other part of the clue?

And 34D. I have DR?K?

[writesbad]

clues please, John

[jazzgirl]

34 drek means rubbish

[jazzgirl]

I can't parse dodos either :(

[jazzgirl]

OK just got the parsing for dodos.
Dos a Dos (dance) minus SA (sex appeal - otherwise known as IT !

[Maxxer]

29a should read as 'Italian' rather than 'Spanish'

[teebee]

trying to parse 21d which I think begins with L. Hint appreciated.

[jazzgirl]

begins with K
anagram (r)u(n) a risk

[teebee]

I see the light now. Thank you

[Tilly2]

I'm still in the Slough of Despond!