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8d snobbish resort I had repeatedly left (3-2-3) no letters sorry

Lah- di-dah, snobbish.

Thank you malone

I think these are correct but would appreciate help with the parsing......

27a. Steer clear of old nurse injecting drugs? Quite the opposite (5) - EVADE (Steer clear of)

2d. Venomous creature seen in box one musician keeps hidden (3,5) - Pit Viper (Venomous creature)

I get the 'musicians pit' part but not viper.

5d. Hip replacement for the queen arranged, say, finally (5) - TRENDY (Hip)

17d. One said originally to posses hard grip (8) - ADHESION (Grip)

2d TV in piper

27a voluntary aid detachment.
2d 1 TV (box) in piper

27 VAD ( old nurse) in drugs E + E

27 VAD was the abbreviation for Voluntary Aid Detachment, volunteer nurses, usually in wartime. The E as either end E VAD E are the drugs.

17 Anagram of 'one said' and the 'h' from hard.

17d is an anagram of one said h (for hard)