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Ground to a halt, these two may push me along.

6a) A dance party collects starchy food for Aussie (6)
A***G*

18a) Wasting time, I must abandon "Lincolnology"? (10)
T***S*E***

18 Tabescence, wasting, shrivelling. T, time + Abe (Lincoln) + Sc(i)ence. (Science, dropping the I/I must abandon).

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Thank you both.

That did push me to a full grid but can't parse three entries.

Longer spell of fine weather's third month - ace for a Japanese city (7)
O*A*A*A
I have OKAYAMA

Law finding politician out of bounds (3)
J*S (3)
I have JUS from my O level Latin

Henry V's contemptuous gesture, neglecting odd parts of kingdom
*I*O (4)
I have FIGO but can't justify the "F"

the f is in "of" - easy word to skip over!

Doh!!

OK - fine
weAther's third
MAY - month, though I don't see a reversal indicator - is there an OKAMAYA?
A - ace

I saw it as Okay - longer spell(ing) of OK, fine,
A, weather's third (letter)
M - month
A - ace,

good one, malone