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Any help please for 7a and 5d? one of those (probably 5d will be my last changer)

7a is unchanged, what reading would you get for a v strong acid on the litmus scale?

5d think bridge, homophone

Thanks ixion - i had 5d already but dismissed it!
All done now!

Plodding along. 1,15,17 down and 23 across still to do. Given the crossing letters I have only two possible grid entries for 1 down, both beginning ab. But I can't reverse engineer either into a clue answer.

Belay my last pipe. The bleedin obvious just occurred to me!

Well, no 'doh' moment has occurred, garble, so I'm going with my last-post thought - but still can't make 'even around ten' fit.

Prospero, try looking evenly at around ten.... Meantime, I have everything except 17 d for which I have ?r?e?t and I assume it is a changer as there's still one to nail.

JA...17D is a changer, letters in place are correct (after changing)...lock in the sense of hair.

Prospero...8D changes even (as opposed to odd) "around ten" gives you the first 4 letters of the unchanged answer...the first three of those are changed before entry.

Thanks Jack and Ixion - I had the right answer but just couldn't see the "even" - stupid as it's a classic cluing device - as is 17d, JA - the lock is to do with hair ...