24ac - I run away after a blast, finally, as sound coming from hooter? (7) - A?I???? 26ac - Guarantee in the end, Labour cuts follow (6) - E?S??? - ensure? why? 22d - a number change the rules, to...
20a they are initially thought to come from outer space (4) initially they would be c.f.o.s who are admittedly alien to all that is good but shouldn't the clue be ... to unfold from outer space? or to...
22a a meaty story? (4,3) ??r? p?e
is pork pie a story as well as Oppenheimer's hat
it's a least another story
20d expand before cutting down (6)
if it's spread are we cutting calories?...
5(a) sound honest on the radio (6) ?t?a??. is there a Mr Strait on the radio, or who sang "on the radio" or was a famous radio-sitter 8(d) catching muscular son out (8). ??a?p?n?. clasping grasping...
13d coldest period suggestion of new testament? (9) m?d?i?t?r no doubt midwinter but why? were the acts of the apostles snowball fights? 24a very aggressive continental backs into ancient hindu spear...
13 a: stopgap repair about to plug bit of hose squashed flat (10) ?p?t?h?o?k.
patch i get, so it's spatchcock which is a flattening of a fowl before grilling but i tremble to identify the hose...