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Thank you everyone. I've deleted Marxist - tentative and unparsed!

Actually 1a is a poor clue, as the whole is someone who adheres to the thinking of the first 4 letters, so is rather self-referential.

I'm not too keen on 9a either (if I've got it right)
Person in book group (5)
Is "book" correct? "Books" would be more accurate, surely?

I used to work in the US and recall driving into a 1d 2, asking if they sold anything apart from the obvious........they didn't. Do they exist in the UK? I haven't lived there for many years.

Yes DD are here in the UK

I should add that I enjoyed the rest of it rather more than is typical with a Paul puzzle.

I typed a comment earlier that "Prize" puzzles have been devalued due to the tendency of sites like this giving answers, but it disappeared!. I usually finish the Guardian Prize (Maskarade excepted) and the RT, but I never send them in (not that I particularly covet the prizes anyway!)

Chris
I took the first 2 letters of 1a as an old hairstyle for men
I agree books would be better for 9a

Much better, jazzy. A pity that my parsing works as well, as it is much weaker.

Thanks JG, next time I am there I will try to find one.

You are right about the hair style, I never had one but my current barber always seems to want to give me a "Take That" cut from the nineties. Maybe it is time I traded up.

Only stuck on one - 16 down
For example, tit measurement spawning novel
It's bird-something - I have birdspan at the moment, but it's probably wrong.