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I've looked again - sorry, it was 13a that is the American one; 23 was English.

ventriloquists dummies

i resorted to using this,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ventriloquists

Many thanks Chrise and sudokulover (once again). All done now - than goodness!

Thanks for this. I thought they were puppets! Now I hope to finish.

My last two to solve are 27 and 28 which I assume are themed but I can't find them in the wiki list of ventriloquists and dummies. 27. R?e? and 28, ?R?L?L?
Any hints please?

They are neither!

Themed answers are:
5, 10/29, 13, 23 & 29/10.

4 are British; 1 from USA.

27 - the inlet is what you could be up without a paddle.

28 - very well known novelist with last letter missing; "drab" is apparently old term for the answer.

PS - just realised the last "L" in your answer to 28 is incorrect. 22d is an anagram of "more by."

Many thanks