help with these please and thankyou in advance 19 DOWN Put under pressure to overcome specific gradient(8) ?T?E?I?E 31 AC-Corrupt program may need to be blocked by Control (11) R?I?S?A?L?? 27D- Wanders,hot and feverish,into scene of fake robbery (8) ????H?L?
just for interest...Shakespeare refers to Gad's Hill (or Gadshill) and its relationship with highway robbery in his Henry IV Part I. As far back as 1558 there was a ballad entitled The Robbers of Gad's Hill. The Sir John Falstaff public house stood at the top of a steep thickly wooded hill, an ideal spot for highwaymen.
Just for a bit more interest ... Unfortunately the clue is mistyped in the OP. Should read ... 19D Put under pressure FINALLY to overcome specific gradient (8). Then it makes sense.