I'm not going to pretend that I enjoy the current Everyman crosswords, I have for the last 40yrs but the current ones I don't, previously I could complete the puzzles within a couple of days but not any more, I have talked to my wife about ceasing to have the Observer newspaper but fortunately the political views have not gone the same way as the crossword puzzles so it continues to be my weekend news and opinion. Having got that off my chest I request the more knowledgeable members of the crossword fraternity help me out with a couple of clues namely
9down (3,4,2,4) That ill -sorted muddle suggests things are tricky to anticipate ?????r?t??????
17down (8) Broad baby's complaint about knitted hat ?a?????c
Thank you