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This is tough, two hours and only solved about eight. Every answer to be altered makes it harder.
Anything to help me progress....!
1a/1d would be nice, or tips for any of the 8/9 letter solutions.

Would you like to post the clues?

Lumen, this was tough - but worth it.

1 A. Doctor in search of dray horse? (7) Drafter, like a draught horse. Just Dr + After. The first 'r' goes, so that should help with 1 D (where the definition is 'pressure').

Hi Lumen,
1a is usuak two-letter abb. for Doctor plus 5-letter vernacular for 'in search of', def is dray horse.
1d is 6-letter synonym for 'pressure'
10a is homophone for word meaning 'heard' plus - ier, ie first letters of last three words

I'm stuck on 1a too. Doctor can be DR, MO or MB.

Orson, I gave the answer to 1 A .

So you did, malone. I don't know how I overlooked that, thanks.

Thanks, Orson. I couldn't come up with a nudge, another clue - and thought the answer might kick-start Lumen!

Thanks all.
I’ll have a think about 1d. The clue for which, sorry Scorpio, is Take in subscriptions maintaining society pressure. (6)
10a was one of the few I had already!

Stuck in the bottom left!
39a) Having no qualms about Master’s examination(6)
42a) Marking ownership for laird, Crosby enter Hebridean location? Quite the opposite (8). I suppose Bing goes in there somewhere. Thanks