Stuck with quite a few this week.
2d Cruel (9) letters. P?a?t???s
3d Person guilty of a crime (11) letters.
D?r?e????o?
41a Unprdictable individual (5,6) letters
L???e ?a????
35d Totall baffled (10) (and I am this week!!!! (LOL) ???B?U?S?D (I thought bamboozled?)
31d Plunge into waater D?U?E27a Strategic advantage (8) letters
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