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Extra letter in 15a is H ... husband is superfluous to the clue so H for husband is extra. If you need more letters for the 2nd word ask

9a a lim(E) on y
11a write is the clue answer .... it needs to be amended for grid entry
rit (slow down) inside wet ... T is extra
24d site E is extra needs amending for entry

28a aplenty ... the socialist was lefty so F is extra
23d sym bol(L) needs amending

I have 16d (before amendment) as baste.

I had 5d as fruit fly but couldn't parse it and of course it conflicts with 12a, if that is nightlife, which I couldn't parse either. (At around this point I lost interest in a puzzle with more guesswork than problem solving.)

David glad you go.t 9A.
For 11A the musical term for slowing down is 'RIT' (abbr)
24D I have 'SITE'
28A 'AP' for associated press followed by a word for socialist(minus F) round N.
23D Prefix for 'together with' followed by 'boll'. L extra word which you already have from the instruction.
I am struggling with 2D, 12A and 23A. Help with these appreciated.

Ah! That explains a lot xwordfan. My guess was "homophones of" but it should be "homophone for".

For grid entry for 16d i have B?E?D .... the D comes from 23a cut dead...TUC reversed + d (democratic) H ead H extra ????................ but your "baste" seems to work .... ah i see it now it goes in as based and 19a has to change too.

david or uncle w.... can you parse sedge fly of nightlife please?

Sorry uncle_w, I can't help with 2D. 12A is mentioned above. 23A is defined in the first three words. The unionists are the TUC. Enough?

2d it's a type of pasta ...if you've changed 11a ... you should have enough crossers to use Chambers word wizard to get it.

23a see earlier post
12a nightlife ? but can't parse

5d se(X) for "it" dg (deo gratias / grace of god)) + e f l y (starts to Emerge, For, Like You)