Need help with last two please. 5d Yellow mineral is the object in combustible heaps (7) P?R?T?S - looks like pirates and I can see pires but not the rest 8d Menial servants ignoring king in speech...
I only need one to finish 10a Some overbid in clubs, sometimes, but never diamonds (4) ?E?B - looks like verb which is in middle of word (overbid) but how does that fit with the rest of the clue?
3 to finish 30a Russian secret police chief caught in wrongdoing (8) S?B???A? looks liks Siberian but why? 25d First husband leaves home for underground shelter (5) E???H earth? but again why and 36a...
Stuck on last two 1a contrives to do the proverbial impossible on leading horse (5,2) M?K?S/?P - looks like makes up but why? 22d Family famous for craft that's got in a tangle by island (5) A?A?I
30a Posed in a veil, perhaps, that's obscured the head (5) A?K?D looks like asked but why. Also 35a While speaking put on drag - a pale yellow (9) C?A?P?G?E is it champagne but again why?
7d Sort of clubs he'll admit - like ones not in the same league? (3-7) ???-?A?C?E? 20a Leave city he viewed in dark times as a disputed territory (5,7) ?????/?E?G???