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25a) Foreigners going around Lima in D'Oyly Carte (7)
Y?N???SS

26d) See replay where every second counts (3)
Think this is EYE but not sure why.

28a) Stick pants on Elizabeth's head (5)
E?O?? Think this is EPOXY but again can't parse it.

29a) Unfamiliar, neat state (3,6)
NEW ?E?S?Y This must be New Jersey but why is neat Jersey?

Thanking you in advance!

25a yankees - phonetic alphabet - Y and Y going round L(lima) in D'oyly

28a pants = poxy (slang)

neat - synonym for cow (jersey cow)

Ely - every other letter from replay
poxy - pants/rubbish
neat = cattle. jersey cow.

26d ELY - here "see" means diocese

every 2nd letter in rEpLaY

25. Yankees, think phonetic alphabet
26. Ely, see as in church, every 2nd letter of replay
28. Pants as in rubbish = poxy
29 neat is an alternative name for cattle

26 Every second letter =See
28 E-poxy
29 Neat as in cattle
25 Think phonetic alphabet

26d is Ely (a holy see and second letters in replay)

Wow, thank you all. Am massively impressed with the explanation of Yankees. I thought it was that but would never have parsed it, and l use the phonetic alphabet every day in work!