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How do the clues for 35d and 30a work?
I have tassel and steer in the final grid

30a Hawk to spill the beans about fool (7) i can see t ass ell with L extra
but then thats the final grid answer ???

35d Increasingly passionate lady's welcoming in excess (6)

35 D. OTT, over the top, excessive, inside Her, lady.Hotter - before losing a letter.

30 The final grid answer is different.

Thank you ... too many possible hawks for 30a ...sorted now with an extra R

Xwordfan, glad I could help. I needed the list of omitted letters to confirm my final entries, there were several points where I could have gone astray!

I seem to have the H from hotter left over and I’m missing the middle letter of 28 down r?n.

Teenieleek, the H is used in 23 A.

28 D - there's a four letter word, beginning with what you have, that means both frog and prince. (The last letter gets dropped).

Thanks Malone, I’d put an R in 23 so of course I then ran out of Rs. 28dn - duh!
BUT, I now have an “I” when I wanted a “U” for 12 ac, although I don’t understand that one at all.
This is what comes of being a bit gung-ho, slapdash even.

Teenieleek, I no longer have all my scribbles. My finished version has the I in 21 a and an A in 12 A. (I hope I've rounded them all up properly!)

I’m nearly there, can I get a steer on 34d, Lake stocked with silver fish, looks like meagre but why?

A meagre is a fish.