Struggling with this. Could anyone confirm (or otherwise) these two, please?
9,10 It's applied in hilarious fashion, so singly formed? (9,5)
V?N?S???G,?????
I've put VANISHING CREAM, but the only thing I can see going for it is that it fits!
16a As distilled from the Weatherfield Gazette's gossip column? (4,2,3,6)
W?R?,O?,??E,??????
I've gone for WORD ON THE STREET because of the Weatherfield reference, but I don't see "as distilled".