Two left, help please
29ac: Noble element shielding a French linesman (6)
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Is it author?
46d: See one at bridge very close to the ground (6)
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Is it Solent?...
8d not hard to crack nuts in brief (9).
14d gold medal with pens for writer(9).
23ac paint bird with cat eating last bit of carcass(8).
Thanks in advance guys...