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Last one, but maybe wrong elsewhere? 3D Given year inside, ready for the old trim? (6) I have PRA?NE. Thanks.

14a is CROCK [C (cocaine) + ROCK ('highly addictive form of 'it', ie cocaine, definition = 'pot'] rather than CRACK

Thank you! Makes 3d PRO?NE - thought the 4th letter would have to be (year inside), but only words I can find are procne or progne, neither of which make sense. May I impose on your good nature once again?

From Chambers:

"proyn or proyne obsolete forms of prune [1,2,3]"

Hope that helps.

Thanks! An education, as ever!

You're welcome. This spelling seems to have disappeared about 400 years ago, but in 1569 Leonard Mascall (the Elizabethan Alan Titchmarsh) wrote thus about the care of 'Cherrie trees':

"Whether you do proyne them or not it is not materiall: for they dure a long time."

I’m new to AZED,so stuck on a few.
Have ?l??s?e??e for 23 across, can only think of something white but not related to proteins?
Also 31 across i was thinking pears but maybe too lateral. Have /e//u.

Your last checked letter in 23a is not right (it isn't an E, it's a C). The wordplay is the first two letters of ALL ('almost all'), followed by a four-letter word meaning 'wasted', followed by an anagram ('boiled') of RICE.

Your idea for 31a is good, but the last letter is again wrong (should be an R) - just insert a one-letter abbreviation for 'tense' to get the answer.

Incidentally, I don't know if you have a copy of Chambers Dictionary, but although it's perhaps not absolutely essential for Azed it is extremely useful.

Allosteric

Ok, know what I did,used prescuti (insect plates) instead of the real answer