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I haven't got a clue on any of these. If I could find the answer to one of them then I might be able to answer some of the others but at the moment I'm clueless !

what specifically do you want help with?

Rayh
My way into this was with 5d which has the wordplay, contained in the clue itself, to be entered as first 5 cells, the 6th to be filled 'figuratively', thus spelling out the definition. Once I got this, 1a followed. The rest was slow going but worth persevering with...

Thanks for your help but I think this is all beyond me... I'll wait until next month..

There are a large number of queries I have (I have only done just over half of the answers at this stage) , but I wonder whether I am on the right track with the following.

11A Is the key INS?

13A Why is bearskin OF, or isn't it?

22A What should I be looking for with the six initial letters I have? I suppose I need one letter, followed by a two-digit number ...

And yes, Hamish is unambiguous ... just tortuous!

Thanks

Pendragon, you need three letters for 22 A. I'd apply the term more to houses, rather than Ikea items...

pendragon
11a - yes
13 - bearskin becomes something very generic
22 - your six letters are right - now you need a (German) insert

Thanks, prospero and malone. My German only goes up to ten!

Finally got 4d (unparsed) and 13a. I knew OFTEN didn't parse, gave the def but not the wordplay. Then I came up with BRONZE which gave the wordplay but not the def.
Super puzzle, thanks Hamish/Soup.

Down to the last few now but I just cannot get 27a. I have all the crossers (to avoid being spoilerish, they are L, special character, E and C but not in that order) and have tried putting the sequence into Chambers with a variable number of letters towards the front of the solution, but am getting nowhere. I'd be very grateful for a nudge please, nothing too explicit, thanks.