I'm down to the last two having slogged though the rest, and I doubt a couple more hours of research would prove productive for me. Help appreciated here: 22a Shock over four seeing "striped" man:...
I need expert help with 9ac: Theseus , at first, compelled to secure Minotaur's end Greek character backtracking in vault: u?d?r?r?i? is the answer underdrain, and if so how does the word play work?...
22 dn: God is interested? Not at first (4) ?r?s My guess here- eros with (z) missing as first letter of five letter word. Other possibility- eris? Expert opinion please.
Stuck on SW corner: 18ac ??a?s?m Containing sulfur as if a source of bitter tonic 18d ??a?c?? Forming a thicket once quarterly every year 27ac ??alms Local straightens for topping the old good deed...
Last two: 21D For travellers, others turned up similarly with luxury car G???S and 24A Scots love fine local duck ??O? For one of you experts. Thanks in advance.