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Completely stuck so would appreciate some help please: (extra letter in wordplay)
9a Support a fruit on top of you (7)
11a Record slowdown in moisture
24d Position essential to classes I teach (4) ..looks like SITE but what would be the extra?

and despite hints on another thread can't get these:
28a Lots of pressmen meet socialist around noon. (7)
23d Boss follows with emblem (6)

I haven't got enough "extras" for anything to make sense yet either.

9a - defn is support (US), top of you=y
11a - defn is record, relies on a musical abbr
24d - Yes (treat before entering)
28a - defn lots
23d - defn emblem, begins (before treatment) with 3 letter prefix for with

Thanks ixion ... got a few of those now... was on the right lines but was thinking of the wrong musical direction!

24d can see SITE as hidden in the clue ... but extra letter ?

You're right and I can't see that the wordplay does "indicate an extra letter". I took the extra letter to be one of the adjacent letters. The answer needs to be amended before entry.

Almost there I think but cannot sort out some of the extra letters to make sense of instruction. I have following so far, ' ENTER ?O?N??ON?FOR SIX LETTERS OR LESS'. would appreciate it someone can confirm that this is correct so far and give some helpful hints. Thanks.

As a hint - your second N should be O.

I got the message by guesswork but even with the help of knowing the extra letters I couldn't solve any of the clues listed in this thread - and I still can't :- (

Thanks David for that. I had 'pen' instead of 'poe'. If you mean the clues that bunty listed I can help with those. Let me know.

Now I come to look at my bit of paper I see that I've got 9A. As to the rest, yes please uncle_w.

Can't get the fly in 5d....It(by the grace of God) starts to emerge for , like you, it is a short-lived animal (5,3) ?E??? / FLY possibly sedge fly ?
12a Evening of beano in GB hotel - big, free evneing's entertainment (9) N???T?I?E .....nightlife ? parse?
16d Beat breast stricken (5) crossers won't help cos it needs changing before entry.