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Am battling on, and would appreciate a bit of help to enable me to have more to work with.
12 Across
ike in hospital: it's the old plant that's poisonous (8) I've got s-mn----.
35 Across Straw hat subject to change (9) -uns-----. Thanks

Straw hat = (d)unstable

Thanks. 'Unstable' flitted through my mind at one point, but I didn't think of adding anything to the word.

Samniti

Why is a D added to unstable?

possibly "D" for dunce's hat?

A dunstable is a type of straw hat.

The 'D'is one of the 'appropriate' missing letters (see preamble).