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Starting puzzle very late after a 40th anniversary "do" so even more bemused than usual. Please can you help with the following -
3d Area Pope identified that heavenly spirits nervously avoid 5,6,4,2,5
28ac Passed over to receive high chivalric honour as Malvolio was 5-8
35ac Missing a letter of magical import , remarkably (13 )
Many thanks .

3d where angels fear to tread

35a LIPOGRAMMATIC - (Anagram Magical Import)

28 Cross gartered

28a: cross garter ed

Many thanks elle

Many thanks too Scorpiojo and Brendan. Much appreciated.

Help appreciated parsing these....

52a College doctor accepts duke on degree course at last ()9) - MAGDALENE (College)

13d Picture a figure accompanied by old father playing? (1,5,2,3,5,4) - A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (Picture)

I assume 'Old father' = TIME but i can't see the rest.

39d Robin, maybe, scared to give this hotel service (5,4) - ALARM CALL (Hotel service)

A bird would give an alarm call if scared

//In almost any British garden this same distinction may be observed with robins. In response to a prowling cat the robin gives a sharp "tick tick" call; to warn of a passing crow Corvus corone a thin "seep" note is rather quietly given.//

52a MAGDALENE
MA = degree + GALEN (old Greek doctor) around D (Duke) + E (east, course)