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27 A. Noble saint possibly belongs (8) ?e?ta???
22 A. Scots shoulder pipe (4) ???e

NB. There's a long preamble to this. Some clues contain partial wordplay only, in some other clues the wordplay leads to the answer plus an extra letter not to be entered in the grid.
Thanks for any help.

27a PE(e)R TAINS -belongs,
Peer + anagram of saint.
22a (s)PULE - double definition

27a pertains from peer + anag. saint -- extra letter "e" I presume

Thanks, both of you. I'd managed to get 'pertains' but hadn't worked out how it worked.