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17d (7) Soprano's excellent party, offering daring stuff
B???A??

20a (8) A type of leather is used in Paris for the foot
A???A?S?

8d (9) Detailed description will have the rest despondent
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Brava do?

8 Breakdown

A napa (type of leather) + est (is in Paris) = anapaest type of metrical foot in verse?

Thanks ab and mamya...

25a...Bird flock reduced...C?O?...COOT ? Not sure why ?

23d...Location of whinnies or other animal noises
...?E?S.

25 Crow(d)

Mews - Stables and cat noises

Thanks ! Not sure I would have got MEWS.