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I seem to be suffering from brain-freeze today - oddly as finally the weather seems to be getting warmer.

I'm stuck on a couple of odd ones, plus almost the whole top right corner.

Assistance with the following may just nudge the thought-processes :

20A - Friendly contradiction's good for daughter (6)
?E?I?L
2D - Most of informal giant dinosaurs turned up to exercise (5)
E?E?T
9D - Expert in water barrier set up bar (7)
T???O??
21A - Cut stone in strange mount (4, 5)

I am ready to accept that any of the letters cited may be erroneous....

20 genial

(Denial - change d to g)

2d Exert
T Rexe(s) reversed

2 exert

9d tophole ? (Expert)

21 Rump Steak, cut. Rum, strange +ST/stone and Peak/mount.

9 Taproom, bar.

9 Pro is the expert and Moat is the water barrier.
Set up = reverse, so Taom, with Pro inside. Ta pro om, Taproom.

My 9d was a guess as I missed the paper this week. Back to breakfast

Grateful thanks to Jazzgirl, Malone & Mattrom for these.

I hope that I'll now be able to finish.

I should add that 20 had me wasting a lot of time trying to find a girl's name!