I too am at a dead loss for clue 40 - a dunderhead knows how to get Elizabeth to reveal a portcullis
but for dabber11..
65 think of a well known port plus the end of trailer
77 look at the beginning of each word
I still have twelve to go, but the two that are driving me insane are # 14 - David Shepherd wickedly caged mountain beast (8) (anagram? David Shepherd the bishop?) and 99 - Second last clue from Exeter follows: leading dairy breed (5). Clues would be much appreciated., but I can't help with 40.
Thank you, mrsmac. Can't think how I missed that, especially since several of the others I was having trouble with turned out to be the same type. You'd think I'd learn!