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Finished, but two I can't parse - any suggestions?

2d Direction to surround, in France, on way to seize power (5)
?S?R?
I think it must be USURP (seize power), but I don't see the rest.

4d Greek goddess leaves to blend alloy (7)
?M?L?A?
AMALGAM? (blend and alloy), but "Greek goddess leaves"?

U SUR P

amalgam(ate)

ate being the goddess

Thanks rambler - even with the way you broke it up, it still took some thinking about!

Thanks chelle - I don't think I would ever have seen that.

........."blend" being a verb rather than the noun I took it for, then?

Your welcome, had to look up the goddess part myself :)

Ate is the Greek goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly

Sorry crossed post, yes blend as a verb

Thanks elle - not worshipped much, then, I guess!

For those who have completed, there's an odd coincidence. Today's Guardian has:
13a Iris - first one replaced by a yellow variety of it (5)