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8 A. Stop mildew covering the edges of old dripstone (9)
????m??l?
(I've tried to get something ending in 'Mould' but that might be way off track!)

23 D. State's recipe for zero strife (5) p?i??

hello malone .... could the first one be hoodmould - a protective drip that is made of stone.

Not started this yet... still got Mephisto and Azed to look at first!

Thanks, sudokulover - I'll see if 'hoodmould' will work with other answers, help with other answers.

Hoodmould looks good.
Ho means stop according to Chambers.

Thanks, Rusty.

The Hoodmould helps with one crossing answer so far, so it's looking good.