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I find this one good for more obscure words

https://crosswordcheats.com/solver/

anagram-solver.net will give you the answer

Thanks Prospero and others. I've got it at last!

yippee finished at last.
It took me a long time to get going , trundled along all weekend but finished in furious scattering speed so I feel I am the Ben Stokes of the Bank Holiday Crossword Puzzle.

Well done Playbus. I've still got six to do - three in each grid, only two are special ones.

Please can I have some hints for

LHS 8ac I have ?O???R? and 5d for which I have ???P?N?O?? Is there an actual island with the latter clue? I still haven't got 20ac

RHS 4d for which I've got ?A??? Is this a monster I've never heard of?
6d I've got ?R???E?
and 11ac R???T???

I'd like to finish it before Poldark

8 AC is a French writer. A 3-letter word for rest inside a 4-letter word for extra.

5 down is the name of a ship and an island in North America.

4 D. A mythical monster, winged with woman's face. Also a type of eagle.

Belonging to the country that 6ac comes from

11ac a term in maths , anagram of a kind of hydrocarbon plus the letter D