40A Charming woman, on paper, that may be off-putting later (4-6)
45A Head giving credit to academic stream (6)
38D Remark on female, in a sense, leading to armed combat.
Thanks for your responses to my clues. I have ?w?r?f?g?t which I now think is swordfight, which I only got after the answers you gave. Now I have a new one, I must have had something wrong.
41D Person who's lost ore that is to be processed? (9) H?S?T?T?R