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Thought I was doing well this week, but these two have me bamboozled.
18a.Pole hits back. (4) ???R
19d. Without hesitation, correct support. (4) ??O? 2nd
letter of 19d is also 2nd letter of 18a.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

18 Spar (it's 'raps' backwards)

spar ?

spar ?

19 Prop - support (it's 'proper', correct, without the er/hesitation).

...upon ?

Thank you all so much for those answers, all done and dusted now.

Enjoy your weekend, hope you aren't in the thunderstorm areas. Should be fairly mild here this weekend but hotting up again in the week, 32-34degs.