20d: Being cunning and underhand around a butcher. (4) S _ A _. Is it Slab or Slay or Stab or something else? I think the letters I have are OK. Thanks.
9a: Take it from me: a mushroom does appear in part of the play. (6) _ _ _ _ P _.
12a: Decide if The Beatles sang about a girl getting around George's lead in. (5) _ _ _ _ E.
Thank you....
5d: Little creatures discovered when one is spelunking. [6] _ A _ I _ S. It's possibly some type of insect found in caves. I don't know. Any ideas? Thanks.
Last Two.
32a: Spin a cop a lie - barefaced, and everywhere else, too, with it. (8) A _ _ _ E _ I _ .
26d: Dam and brood become members of society. (6) _ A _ _ _ S.
Many thanks....
25d: Direction of a scent? (6) Sorry, I don't have any letters. I thought it might be an anagram of 'a scent', giving 'secant' and 'stance' but those don't fit in with the other clues.
27d: Spoke one part in The Skeleton. (6) _ A _ _ _ S. All I can come up with is 'Landis' who had acted in the movie The Skeleton Key, but Im sure that's not the answer they're looking for. Any ideas?...
Counting the hours in Croke Park! (6,5). _ H _ R _ Y _ H R E _. It looks like the answer must be something like 'Thirty Three', but I don't get it. Croke Park is a Dublin stadium in which gaelic...
6a: Having no fixed abode and a distraught air, have a drink. (7) _ A _ P _ R _. Is it 'Rapport' or something like that? 11d: Sounds as though some pepper will be followed by a cry of pain, as you are...
1. The most difficult threads to break. (7) H _ R _ E _ T. Is it 'Harvest'? 2. Having fibbed about the cardinal, one looks aged. (5) L _ N _ _. Is it 'Lined'? 3. The three shy characters drink this!...
11d: After opening office, sit up and name company dealing with ups and downs of in-house staff. (4) _ T _ S. 23d: SESU leaves nothing behind. (6) _ S _ S _ P. I think the letters I have are right. If...
23d: Hunk in trouble before bringing up wrongdoing. (6) _ _ _ N _ _. Could it be 'Adonis'? 30a: Are lethal weapons set or scrap of cloth being returned? (8) _ A _ R _ T _ _. Could it be 'Garrotes'?...
13a: Will it be organically broken down in oily sediment? (5). L _ I _ _ (I think). 7d: Just imagine what England's leaders face! (8). H _ S _ _ _ G _ . I've put 'Hustings' but I don't think it's...
16d: Informally, learning by the process by which information or concepts come to a person without conscious effort, by osmosis. (8) _ S _ O _ I _ G. Is it 'Osmosing'?
28a: The clue shows 'D' with a vertical arrow pointing down to a lower case 'd'. (10) The letters I've got are D _ O _ N _ R _ D _ D. I'm not certain that all of these are right. Any ideas please?