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yes ...an Eastender would say "airy" for hairy

replace the E of bone with Y .... so E as Y

Thanks xwordfan

Still a few gaps, mainly in the bottom right.

42d What may be ending in drop to seabed after accident (9)
??e?d?o?t
If it's an anagram of p, to, and seabed, what's the definition?

43d A Parisian officer leading Frenchmen forward and out of the way (8)
?n?o???n

A Parisian UN
officer CO
leading
Frenchmen MM
forward ON
and

out of the way UNCOMMON


..and the other is an &lit clue

Thanks tatters, was ignorant of mm being able to mean Frenchmen and don't think I would ever have got 42d without something a little more precise as a definition.