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Thanks chrisg I think the brain must be on go slow this morning!

Still missing 6(d) and 13 (a). Grrrr!

6d - Santa Rosa
13a - Again

I need 27a Skipper perished at sea (8) I have H---e-a-
21d Article takes shape identifying spirits (6) -n-e--

Some deception at play - think heavenly spirits for 21D and the skipper is a butterfly (27A)

Sorry - I think the a is wrong in 27A.

The A is correct, I thought the word ended in us but it ends in AS, it is a Procol Harun song as a clue.

27ac is an anagram (at sea) of 'perished'. The answer is a type of butterfly aka 'a skipper'.

The second one is "Saying" (Staying - "T")

I've looked and there seems to be no alternative to Santa Rosa but that makes a mess of 14ac for which I had (it's late in the day so forgive the spoiler) Christmas day. So the last 3 letters are boy or toy? Thanks and merry Christmas to all.

Chambers word wizard gives 249 three letter words with O in the middle so the two I gave are not the only alternatives but I don't see much else