28d Type of patterned knitwear (4) ?R?N 100a Russian Author (7) N?B?K?V 53d Jeremy_____ tv actor (5) B?E?T 52d Baffles (6) E?U??S 119d Exclamation (4) ?H?W 67a Rocks? (3) I?? could be Ice, the e would then be second last letter of 52d
I agree with other comments, must be a new compiler, so different from usual!!