Spectator 2163

[Matakari]

Some help for the following, please! Many thanks in advance!
ACROSS:
18 Posh man in warship ( 5, hyphen ) ???A? ( U-boat? )
27 African ruler hid a misguided prophet (7 ) : O??????
30 Answer back to rebut archaic magistrate( 6 ): ?ED???
39 Aberdonian lass on English pony? ( 6 ) : ????N?
41 Dire party hostess vetoes round dances ( 11 ) : ????T??????
( This looks like an anagram...)
DOWN:
24 Tie Gaultier fashioned ( 8 ): ?????N??
31 Record old chestnut's age ( 5 ): ???O?

[mac44]

41. Strathspeys

[mac44]

24d. ligature

[Neveracrossword]

24 D. An anagram (Your 'n' is wrong).
31 D. Epoch (EP+o+ch/chestnut)
27 A. An anagram of a 3-letter word for an African ruler and 'a hid'.
18. Yes, U-Boat ('bo' can mean 'man')
39 A. Equine, pony (E/English+quine/Aberdonian 'girl')

[Matakari]

Thanks for the help!

Some more help with the following, please:

DOWN

1 Perhaps porter unhappily quit Mallorca ( not California ) 10, two words:
?Y?H?A?E?S
9 African roaming fringes of Italy and UK twice ( 6 ): ???U??
10 Live Jamaican music upset justices ( 5 ): ???KS
28 Authoress just docked poet's boat ( 6 ): A?C?T? ( ASCOTS ? )

And some confirmation for the following unclued lights:
ACROSS:

7 DRY?
22 QUINTET?
40 CAN ?

DOWN:

5 MEASURE?
6 COMPOUND?
19 MYTH MAKERS?
26 HARBOUR ?

[shaneystar2]

u boat
obadiah
aedile
equine
strathspeys
ligature
epoch

[shaneystar2]

malt liquor
kikuyu
beaks
alcott

yes dry
yes quintet
con
yes
yes
wych hazels
yes

[Matakari]

Thanks for all the enlightening help, all! I am studying all the answers and trying to rationalize them! I hope to submit one of these crosswords when I am satisfied that I have done most of it myself! Many thanks again!