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28ac, 'Exaggerated distress as phony delegation is turfed out', 5,2,3,5, begins with P; 5dn, 'Constable in Irish town crosses quaking bog',8, begins with D; 16dn, 'I cut and run, confusing big number - that's rash',9,------R--

PILED ON THE AGONY (anagram of "delegation" and "phony")

DOGBERRY - a character in Much Ado About Nothing. An anagram of DOG inside DERRY

Sorry, I meant BOG, not DOG

The other one is URTICARIA - anagram of I, CUT and R(un) with ARIA - a "big" (musical) number

Thanks. There are times when I think I should give up the Times crossword.