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Can anyone help with 22D?
Spell? With this it'll make Scots mingle.
I have SP_S_
Obviously looks like SPASM but can't see it!
Thanks in advance

I know 'spasm' can mean 'spell', but I don't get the Scots bit.I think your answer's right, but it'd be good to know the reasoning!

With sp as m, spell becomes mell, which is Scottish for mingle.

Beat me to it! Mell is given as 'mix' in my Scots dictionary, though its parentage may not be Scots. 30a is mnas, so spasm it is.

Struggling with a last clue, any help welcome!

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Bridges to fans of the French, and then some likewise? (4)

I have DU?? with the last letter probably an E or an I

I am stumped, any thoughts?

Dude - (Jeff) Bridges - The Dude

I've gone for dude, as in the Jeff Bridges character in the film The Great Lebowski. In French, du is of the and de can mean some. I'm not wholly convinced though.

Thanks Tony and peterm!

Can anyone tell me if I have my letters correct so far please ? Thanks.
18d. Style: what it ends in is artifice. (7) c?o?ane

The o is wrong should be i