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Hi folks; a few hangovers from the weekend and a few answers where parsing fails!

34d Single Parisian man or woman (5)
I???E

44a dealt a heavy blow, like some of our peers (6)
?E?T?D

17a stupid person? I don't believe it! (4)
G?O? Goof? Why?

Akin to a trumpeters wife in hospital, so to speak(8)
SWANLIKE is the only answer - parsing comments please!

Also;

8a she can turn out with special troops, being a Lowland Scot (9)
Fairly obviously SASSENACH but I thought Lowland was an area of Scotland and not referring to us uppity English....

Thanks for your indulgence...

errr. 34d looks a lot like IRENE

34 Irene - I= one/single, Rene = Parisian man, Irene = woman.

44 Belted - 'belted peer'/'belted earl' is some historical term. And, obviously, 'belted' is a heavy punch.

17 Goon - a stupid person. It's 'go on', as in 'I don't believe it'.

swanlike : wife - w + san (sanitorium) + like (so to speak)

sassenach is fine as it can mean either English or Lowland scot

18 across Trumpeter Swan - A large migratory swan.......

Thank you Malone, Jazzie, and Forester - now I have no more excuses for delaying starting work!

Hi been out harrowing
BTW
Rene keeps getting caught up in cryptic clues
Is he the only free Frenchman????
Or are his letters most handy for compilers
PENDA ( of the north)

I think Rene has quite a relaxed, easy life - there's a poor Scotsman, Ian, who appears in crosswords with monotonous regularity (and his very Scottish cousin, Iain, never gets to appear anywhere, ever).

Haha, I really do have a Scottish cousin Iain! His mother used to make her boys wear the right tartan for their name- except I traced them right back to 16th century Hartlepool!!
Never realised Ian means Scottish word coming up, thanks Malone