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Going back to 1a.
Wouldn't Dire Straits? worked as a clue in its own right?
Afterall they are artists of a sort.

Hi Forum

I found this an easy crossword, but having said that I still have four to get, 2 in the top right and two in the bottom left.

5ac Ultimately, the swollen thyroid may be in a state (7)
I have E???A?D
6d Bitterness expressed in France once (4)
I have ??U?
16d (part of 9,16, for which I think I have the first word)
Erotica in a little drama you finally produced (9,16)
I have A?U?T ?A?E?I?? - are my crossers right?
27ac Soft option, finally, that is stopping fast
I have ??N?E?T

Hints only please

16

6 Is a 'sounds like' clue, the word = France once, but said/expressed, it sounds like 'bitterness'.

5 last letters of 'the and swollen' then add another name for the thyroid.

16 the crossers are correct

16 anagram of 'a little drama ' and (yo)U

27 religious fast

That is abr inside period of not eating (fast)

Hi again everyone

I just got 16 down (why didn't I get it earlier?) and 27 ac. I shall now concentrate on north east corner,

Thanks to all for the hints.

Thanks Shooty and Malone

I've now got 6d and 5ac. I'd never have got the latter without help as I was trying to work out how to get goitre into the answer. Doh!

So I have now finished. Thanks again everyone. It was nice to have an easy one.