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24d Section short prescribed course; turf-cutter required (5) ?LAN?

s-lane

plane?

Thanks ixion

Ixion - after what I said about clue-composing, pleased to report I got an HC for AZED 2023. Progress of sorts.

Well done! - my effort went unmentioned as per.

I see that you're honing your skills with your Occasional Cryptics.

I need the practice!

Finished, but with two questions.
13a: Kirkpatrick with the sobriquet Polly? (4) I have the parrot but don't know what Kirkpatrick refers to.
8d: E.g. Mrs. T earned wildly when 'put out to grass'? (9)
I get Mrs. T but it seems that the grass clue should give LEA rather than LEE.

Kirkpatrick = k. He (or she) was apparently the cataloguer of the works of Domenico Scarlatti (source: Chambers). Rest of answer are initials meaning sobriquet.

I don't know what you've got for 8dn, but you're right about LEA. If you've got the Kirkpatrick answer right, it can't be LEE.