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stuck on the last five!
9a. HQ keeps leases on one part of Arctic Ocean ???e?t? sea
21a. Pieces of fiction advanced before reality's hit? ?a??? ??l??
2d. Sort of apple one checks a???s
18d. Boast about old navy hairstyle c???row
22d. Unfinished puzzle in rag ??a?e

9a ba rents se a

2d a dams

18d c o rn row

now I've got 21a - fairy tales

and the last one 22d tease