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17 - most famous crooner around anag of sack +with, deduct 2 letters
11 - usual synonym for Guardian within a famous singer, deduct 1
18 - definition "and not"
28 - usual letters for KE + anag of last
27 - if you have the first letter, it's a word for clot with start of triathlon, take away 2 letters

Thanks, Prospero. Confirms 28 and 18. Will work on the others...!

inadvertently gave you 27, nikki ... but we all seem to have reached a "block" at 2.

Prospero, that is what I had penciled in for 27...
Don't be too prejudiced about 2d.
Still working on 11a because my guardian should be at the beginning. May have to re-think 4d in case I have a letter wrong...

2d begins with ‘b’ if I’m right?

That's what I have, Lurssen. But still can't see 11a. Going to bed. Will sleep on it.

well, there is clearly an inclination ... towards the b word - but I can't see what the question mark is doing. It seems too simple a solution to me.

Have slept on it, but still can't see 11.
In 4, is accommodation in the sense of compromise?

more a lessening of tension. Your guardian should be in the middle of your original word ...

For 2/10, I'm still in the e ending camp. Google suggests hitting the mark relates to bowling not cricket (although the answer I have is used in both sports) - and Chambers confirms e as an abbreviation of earl. But I fear the debate will rage on...