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18d State, 'I've a novel' and pass the summer rusting! (8)

1d Rarefies matter ignoring Gauss (4) T???

first one Estivate (anagram of state ive). Means to spend the summer in a dormant state

thanks chrisg.

That makes E (resting) the misprint.

Could 1D be THIN

matter = thing - G (Gauss) = THIN

Thanks Mark.

also doing this crossie.

2d Where you'll find raving lunatic Eddy (and Archy - both short of a full set!) (6) H?????

22d In scale, leading note's slower than sound using tenor for soprano (7) ????O??

22D subtone

The musical term subtone means the flatted seventh degree of the diatonic scale, a whole step below the tonic. AKA the leading note, it is the seventh degree of the major and harmonic minor scale.

The part about "slower than sound" is subsonic, then there's "tenor" instead of "soprano", so T for S

SUBSONIC => SUBTONIC => SUBTONE

Hi Jilly - shorten eddy and archy and its an anagram (first letter removed)- ravine instead of raving

many thanks Mark & anniec