Ev 1664 Help Please

[quinol]

doubt I'll finish, but would really appreciate help with these 3; (extra letter not needed in all these)

1a fancy chum at cabal offering underground wine cellar: cat-c---a- (clearly an anagram, but...

14a scots insisted on it with nobleman held back by grip: tip-----

35a organ boxed in behind the scenes to become less convincing (2 words) n--t---w

(all or any of these could be reversed)

[Cloverjo]

1a Anagram of 'chum at cabal' with an H left over

[Cloverjo]

14a is thematic, so not entered in the normal way

[Neveracrossword]

35 Wear Thin, become less convincing. 

[Neveracrossword]

14 Threepit

[quinol]

many thanks cloverjo and neveracrossword - now I can throw in the towel content, though still wondering about the turkish sailors

[JJ109]

Galiongees reversed

[quinol]

wow jj how did you get that?

[JJ109]

Thanks quinol, it was one of the last ones I got! I knew how the theme worked and I had most of the letters by then. Just then a case of looking it up to ensure it was a valid word!!!

[Neveracrossword]

Quinol, for the sailors... See is 'look', and it's reversed/back.Gal is the 'local girl' and Cion is the American child (scion is the usual English word) and the G is the first letter, heading of Genoa.  The C is the extra letter, so we end up with Gal ion G ees. And then it gets entered in reverse. What a clue - but a great word!

[quinol]

Many thanks for parsing NAC, cion was one of my many never-heard-ofs

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Quinol, I had the C as the extra letter long before I had 'cion'! The C worked with what I already had, so I decided - eventually - to check Chambers.