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40a is baffling me.
aver food regularly includes one egg (6)
I have ?I?ITO
THERE may be a misprint in the definition

Could it be finito? Misprint -aver should be over.

It looks like "Aver" should be "Over" with F(o)O(o) around I + NIT.

Thank you. I should have got that. Now to try and work out who is escaping 24 across - which I found much earlier - as I don’t think I have all the necessary letters. A big push might help if anyone out there has the denouement worked out. And wishes to help of course.

A minor character in a film about a very naughty boy.

Aha my letters are right then. Thank you so much.

And it all fits now. I’ve seen the light thanks to you.

Good evening all.

Am still struggling with some including:

7d. A?? A? O
23d. SOWE? INA and
14a. A?? G?CS

Any help wery much appweciated.

Slugabed, it's always good to give the clues. There are lots of good/helpful solvers on here, but they don't all have a copy.

7 D. The answer to the clue is 5 letters - a usual 'nothing' inside the much-used 'poet'. The misprint is in the last word of the clue. The A you've put at the start of the entry is correct, the rest looks a little mangled.

23 D. Your S, W and A are wrong.

14 . You need a four-letter word for excited, enthusiastic then add the first letters (faces) of the words mentioned.

Thank you Malone. I thought I had part of 23d wrong.

Really appreciate your help.

Point taken about writing the actual clue!

Have a good Sunday evening.

Slugabed