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10a I lived in holt (apart from its south bleak area) (5)
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19d middle-earth banks on snowmane's support (7)
E?D?R?E is it endorse?
20a one up on hollow trees going over a ranger? S?R?D?R

Thanks

Yes, ENDORSE. ENDOR is the Quenya name for Middle Earth in The Lord of the Rings, then "banks on" SnowmanE

STRIDER, also LOTR

RIDER - "one up" (on a horse), hollow TreeS, reversed (going over)

I wonder if the other is MORIA (also LOTR)? I don't see the parsing, though

Thank you Chrise and for the parsing.

I think 10a might be Tarka (as in Tarka the Otter)
(s)tark + a

Sounds good, PeterM - and an otter lives in a holt!

Yes, looks good, peterM.

I think I've posted this recently, but it's one of my favourite stories. I was at a pub quiz when the question master asked "What sort of creature lives in a olt?"

Answer "A hotter lives in a olt"!