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13a. Unhappily-directed blow potentially leading to darker tidings. I have ?e?dilg?tra?k. Any suggestions welcome!

redding-straik

anag darker tidings

It just takes a brain, Kilgore Trout! Thank you. I am stuck here in hospital. Can you help with 31a? Laundress washed, losing article of significance possessed by fighter. I have C??A??T?RC???. (13letters)

CLEAR-STARCHER

Sounds like the big nurse....again, thanks

I know that's the answer (Laundress being the definition) but why ?
Even if 'st' - short for hast - is possessed and 'archer' = fighter, where does that leave 'clear' in the context of washed losing significant article (unless article is an anagram and it is omitted) ?!