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This seems harder than usual today.
36 A. Informal discussion about hill north of an Italian city (8) ?a?????n

18 A. A cat in these expensive garments could be playing Asian twist music (9) ?wi??????
(I can see 'swimsuits' but have no reasoning)

NB. There is a single extra word in most of the clues. Thanks for any help.

Further letters in 18 A seem to confirm 'swimsuits'.

36 Parmesan (rap/informal discussion,backwards+mesa/hill+n/northern)?

I'm stuck with a couple...
13 A. Wee Scot adopts one honky-tonk pianist (5)
???eg

6 A. A sampling of little love apples in a country basket (4) ??ap

6 Leap [ basket[

le + ap sampling love apples

Thanks, mamya - am soldiering on!

Very very thin, but Greg (or) with i = Grieg - pianist? (The swan giving the honky tonk?)

Thanks, ab- I'd wondered about 'Grieg' but had no reasoning.I'm afraid I don't understand the swan bit, sorry.

A poor clue imho. The honky tonk was superfluous anyway.
Has anyone parsed the swimsuit clue?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UtDmIyYnlU

Ab, thanks again - will have a look.