Guardian

[Balliejames]

3d and 26a making no sense to me. Having a doh day. Please help.

[elliemay1]

A clue might help??

[cupid04]

I'm clueless too...clues please?

[scorpiojo]

3d the answer is dam, but the word to be entered is Weir

[scorpiojo]

(The 7 answers are composers.)

[bibblebub]

26a: PARRY

answer to clue is defLect

[Balliejames]

Many thanks, all makes sense.

[scorpiojo]

Please give the clues for people who have not seen the crossword :)

[scorpiojo]

^ (in your future posts)

[Lie-in King]

Hi - it's always nice to include the full clues, letter counts & any you've placed, so that people without the puzzle can more readily help :-)

Both clues are themed -

3d Mother's cross raised (3); (4) - Weir (synonym for 'dam' [mother]; 'mad' [cross, raised])

26a Swerve, failing to keep left (7); (5) - Parry (synonym for 'deflect' - 'l[eft]' in 'defect' [failing])