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I'm stuck on the last one in this week's Azed puzzle:

34d Ancient bondsman cutting husband's elaborate hairdo (4)

I have: TET?

Gentle hints gratefully received, thanks.

Remove ('cut') a one-letter abbreviation for 'husband' from the second position in a five-letter word for a serf in Ancient Greece to produce an obsolete word for an 'elaborately dressed head of hair',

Thanks Jacknatter; the old greek term is a new or forgotten one for me, and for some reason I completely missed linking the definition for the answer word in my Chambers and the defintion word in the clue... doh!

One to get, unless I've gone wrong.
23d Composite material, note found in pitch. I have SPI?E?, probably SPIRE?

Spinel,Spiel (pitch) with N,note, inside.