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"He went and told the sexton, and the sexton tolled the bell"

(Thomas Hood)

thank you chrise - not a quote I was familiar with.

What a struggle today. Still cannot fathom last one, despite having all the crossing letters. Can someone please put me out of my misery?
6d It's acceptable to block racists, true or false? (10)
?O?F?C?U?L. Is it nonfactual? Many thanks

Yes.
acceptable - on, inside NF (national front) + actual.That's how i saw it.

Than you Albert. Not in my Chambers dictionary so presumed it was two words.

I'm at a loss in the SW corner - help!

17A For cockney existentialist, other people will follow this literary bell (5) --L-S;
22A films about women's bar (7) --W-E--;
13D Turner's cry of excitement reaching heart of gallery (5) W---- ;
24D Statute in odd places and not raised for Lord seeking ring (6) --U-O- .

Ellis Bell (Pen Name of Emily Bronte, Hell is other people? not sure about the last bit).
Lawyers,
Wheel,
Sauron. new to me.

"Hell is other people" is a Jean-Paul Sartre quote.

Thanks, Albert. Believe it or not I managed to get them all apart from Sauron after I' d posted. Maybe it was ESP! Sauron, I really should have got from Lord of the Rings.