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23dn - Pimple, what the most incompetent will fail to shift (5)
I have found a Shakespearean word for a pimple, but don't get the rest of the clue.

I've read this elsewhere... there's an expression that someone is so useless they 'couldn't run a 23 D stall', so that would fit the 'most incompetent will fail to shift'.

All done except for 17 down. I have _RI_NON. Have I gone wrong somewhere?

No, your crossers are correct. You need to put an abbreviation for 'king' inside IT reversed ('in it when erected') and follow that with a four-letter word meaning 'shortly'. The whole thing (when preceded by 'Le Grand') is a French palace.

Phantom, did you return to this thread? I enjoyed finding out something new anyway!

Thanks Jacknatter.