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6a One adjusts machinery (part of steam-hammer) 4 or 5 letters , wordplay possibly missing 1 letter...
14a Track used in all weathers by a wagon (7)
28a Beg for admittance with early closing one time (7)

6a Take a three-letter word for the striking head of a steam-hammer and put a missing T at the start to produce a four-letter word to produce a device for adjusting a piece of machinery.

14a A six-letter word for a material used in all-weather athletic tracks plus the letter A, definition 'wagon'

28a A six-letter word for 'admittance' missing the last letter ('with early closing') plus A T ('one time'), definition 'Beg for'

Thanks spoffy ...will work on those.......

Excellent hints spoffy ...got them now!

10a Very small representation of a decade (5) ... a letter may be missing from the wordplay
12a Sailor left wife stormily (5) ...as above
22d Hard sponge turning soft (5) ...as above

10 A three-letter word and a one-letter abbreviation that between them represent a decade, with an extra E somewhere in the middle

12 A two-letter abbreviation for a sailor plus one-letter abbreviations for 'left' and 'wife', un-indicated O inside

22 A four-letter word for a weak-minded person ('[a] soft') reversed ('turning') and followed by an un-indicated A, the sponge more often being seen as a six-letter word with an H on the end

Many thanks to spoffy.

Help please with
9a. Company, civilian force, ignoring the Italian bodies in Rome (6or 7 letters).
11a. Traveller at Oxford initially received by British monarch (5 or6)
As previously noted, wordplay may ignore a letter or a letter may need to be removed from the answer.

9a usual company 2 letters +
militia is the civilian force minus il the O moves to the end column

11a VIR (victoria) is the br monarch required with AT O inside ... V moves

Thank you Bunty. I’m finding this tricky, so may be back!