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xwordfan - If "it" can be "se" then dg is deo gratias and the rest are initials of emerge etc.

David , glad you got 9A.
11A the abbreviation is 'RIT' for slowing down as a musical term
24D I have 'SITE'
28A 'AP' is associated press followed by a word for socialist(minus F) round 'N'.
23D A prefix for 'together, with' followed by 'bol'
I am struggling with following clues
2D, 12A and 23A . Help appreciated.

crossed posts ...seX is "it" X is extra

Can anyone parse 18A please?
Man you followed for 7's answer. 7 is cereal. Extra letter is M.
i.e RY(M)E giving RYE.
Thanks

18a Is it (M)R YE?

man = Mr. you once = YE

Thanks Mattrom .

Keep at it! It’s a stupidly difficult puzzle, but feedback on my previous Genius offerings were that they were too easy. It can be solved! :-)

What a struggle this was! Got all but 1d Dressed iron rower making passage (4) ?a?r, and 3d Desire eastern instrument (4) ?o?t. Any help appreciated.

id in its original form is (o)ar dressed with Fe for iron.
3d likewise is lu(s)t + e

27A Perplexed, Mark installed earth in electronic component (7)
Unable to parse 27 A.
It is probably Tickled. Tick ( Mark) LED ( electronic component) But how does 'installed earth' account for the extra letter 's' ?