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7d. Train for films in America?
IRON HORSE

18d. A meal that might be off, with side incomplete
HIGH TEA

20a. Victorian female?
SHEILA

Parses for the above please.

Engines in Westerns were (stereotypically) referred to by Red Indians as "iron horses".
HIGH might be "off" (as in rotten), then TEA(m).
Victoria as the state in Australia - "Sheila" is a (stereotypical) Australian girl's name.

Nice one chrisE.
Subtle misdirection got me on 'Victorian'...I was thinking of the queen and her era.

8a. University lecturers are briefly entertained by theologian who isn't bright?
DULLARD

1d. Unofficial act we might deduce?
WILDCAT

12d. Make quiet argument that mathematicians can't refute?
SOUNDPROOF

22a. Green crop either side of river is stuff that's wasted
SPOILAGE

14a. Fellow wanting work, right manipulative type
MANOEUVRER

Parses for the above please.

22 Silage, green crop, with Po, river (Italian, much loved by setters). Either side = put the Pi in the Silage. Spoilage, stuff that's wasted.#


14 Man
Ouevre, work, book, opera etc, French word, much used.
R, right.
Manoeuvrer, manipulative type.

1d a reverse clue, an anagram (wild) of “cat” would yield “act”. Defn “unofficial” (as in a wildcat strike)

12d a “sound proof” (sound as in rationale/well-founded) would be an argument that could not be refuted, in mathematics for example (hence the ?)

8a U (university) LL (lecturers) AR (are briefly) in DD (doctor of divinity, hence, ‘theologian’)

Thank all.
Didn't know that LL meant 'lecturers'.

Hi Whetstone, L is an abbreviation for lecturer, so LL could be two lecturers. Similarly, I’ve seen LL clued as ‘learners’

7d. Multiply without going forth
INBREED

5a. Language used within confines of stag party.
SHINDIG

Parses for the above please.