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16a Erica, keeping well, finally to rearrange spa (6,6)
????t? r???r?
health resort?

1d Beyond compare in Lima, introduced to dull game (9)
m?t?????s
Matchless? I can see match = game and Lima = l, but not how 'ess' = dull.

34a See it in Country Life (7)
Must be 'vitality', 'it' in italy, but where does the 'v' come from?

Erica is a type of “heath” plant. So the l goes inside

Mat is dull, chess is the game

V is short for Vide, Latin for “see”

Thank you Quisling. I think I could have got 1d but not erica = heath or see = v (is that Latin?)

Yes it is, strangelybrown. As in qv, quod vide, from the verb video, I see. Erica = Heath = Ling = Heather pop up occasionally, though less than they used to

8d What's ultimately convoluted in government publicity? Patter has it. (6-4)
P?w?e?-p?f?

POW (D) ER PUFF

powder puff

Thanks, but what's the definition?

The "patter" is a person patting, e.g. with a powder puff...

Thank you.
Another one where I've got all the crossing letters but can't see the answer:
2d Half-hidden, area witch guards in city for locals (3,4)
D?n ?a?g
I guess the first word is Den, but that doesn't help me.