help appreciated with 2d 'pointedly spiteful and unpredictable' S-A-T-? 23d 'middle distance' G-R-- and 19d 'outdated Alf due to be replaced' and 13 d ARMOUR ---- ?
many thanks tyrepill - now completed (with your help)
assuming that 26 a is LADEN with L-ADEN (Aden being the port on the red sea)?
and that 18a is OFFICE JUNIOR - although not very happy with the SErvice bit in the clue