Please help--I have an answer but can't match it with the clue.
9 d: "Beat with vigour and style. c-pel-n" I think Capelan buthat's not the name of the fish....
Help, please with last two. 6d Very highest of equerries left page. (4 2) E?E? ?? 12a European capital seems less urban in part to the west. (8) ?R???E?S Thank you
12a Shirley's boy with root vegetables: am I going to interrupt? (4,8) ?A?Y ?I?L?A?S Could it be "Davy Williams"? The theme for the whole crossword seems to be DRAMATISTS.
3d A Japanese form of fencing. (5) I?I?O 17a Of a right, office, dignity, etc. able to be given up formally or by default. (9) A???C?B?E 18d A court judgment in Scots law (7) ??C?E?T