Would help if I knew my left from my right! Its the right hand corner I'm stuck on! 42a is a bone in the ear andstarts outside the grid with the first letter of the subjects last name
Trouble with bottom left hand corner may be arising from a slightly misleading previous answer for 18d. The anagram word-play has 9 letters "STATEIVEA", so the correct answer is AESTIVATE, which must be entered thematically (8 letters).
Can you help with 9d & 37d please?
9d Steeple difficult to climb,as your lud's set out (8) - spare letter Y
37d Winch from Spain- ropes missing at the top (4)
spare letter E.