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Stuck on last two if anyone can help please ?

34a Listening device I planted on gunslinger with horse ? (8)E-R-H-N-
Looks obviously earphone, but don't know why.

31a Something stale about chaff found in American grain store ? (4,4)-C-N/-R-B
Is that corn crib ?

Earphone = Earp (Wyatt) + H + one
(I think!(

I agree with anniec and according to my American Heritage dictionary, corn crib is also correct.

Thank you Annie and Eleanor---sometimes the clues do not seem to make sense. !

Something stale about chaff found in American grain store ?

I think the wordplay is,

Something stale - corn (an old joke, corny)
about - C(irca)
chaff - rib (tease).

A bit free and easy with the synonyms.

Glad you explained that Trevor asI didn't get it!

Clever Trevor ! Thanks