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Thanks cryptastic - I was struggling with parsing these 3 too.
22d is oxyanions

The trudge continues.

4d Tested by speaking through journalist, maintaining volume (6)
v?v?e?

42 Welcome not often seen for rising church priest (8)
?????r?h

40 Career criminal enters without being spotted (10)
???w?e?s??

4 D. Vivaed, tested, was tested (a Viva is an oral exam, question, used in universities, colleges. Via, by, V, volume and Ed. Vi v a Ed

4. Flawlessly, without being spotted (besmirched etc). Fly, career, run fast, with Lawless, criminal, inside (Enters= lawless going inside Fly).

hi + rare (rev) + ch

To recap, some of the words needed to solve this shocker are:

Vivaed.
Hierarch (never heard of this word with the 'y').
Oxyanions.
Stoa.
Ytterbium.
Faites vos jeux.

And ‘awa’ as a spelling of away, if I’ve got 46 correct - Island abroad where Scot’s entire family at home? (7)

Add in the need to know cricket fielding positions and you have a dreadful puzzle.

Thanks to Cryptastic and StrangelyBrown for their assistance with this toughie! I see that 22 Down is "OXYANIONS" - that's a word I couldn't find listed, but pleased to hear about it, nevertheless!

A real struggle this week and any help much appreciated with my last few in:

6d "Out of TheTimes, text (English) gets its interpretation" (8)

E?E?E?I? EXEGESIS or EXEGy ETIC ?

19a "A short journey by about six with a pilot" (8)

A???T?I? AVIATRIX ?

39a "Bloomer: one by boy per year is disturbing" (5-7)

L?D?S - ?L?P?E? LADY'S SLIPPER?

Hi goober,
6d exegesis; (t)ex(t) + E + ge(t)s + i(t)s - remove all Ts (times)
19a yes, aviatrix; [a + tri(p) + x (by)] round [vi (6) + a]
39a yes, Lady's Slipper; y's (year is) in (disturbing) [lad (boy) + slip (one - referring to bloomer) + per]

Sorry gooner, didn't notice autocorrect changing your moniker.