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struggling a bit with this one :
2 dn - Attack imaginary enemies (4,2,9)
40 dn - Extremely bad or unpleasant (9) ??E???B??
23 ac - Fanciful notion; self-pride (7) ????E?T
35 ac - Plant with tall spikes of yellow flowers (9)
6 dn Something providing a steady cash flow(4,3)

23 Conceit - it means both fanciful notion and self-pride.

Tilt at windmills
Execrable
Conceit
Goldenrod
Cash cow

2 Tilt At Windmills - I haven't time to check the exact definition!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilting_at_windmills

Tilting At Windmills is from the novel Don Quixote. he thinks the windmills are monsters or something and wants to joust (tilt) with them.

MANY THANKS MIGHT NEED MORE HELP IN A BIT