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I think I’ve finished, but I can’t yet parse 18d. Happy enough with the rest

We have LODGEMENT for 18d, from Cowper's "O for a lodge in some vast wilderness"

And further:
11a ACALEPH
17a EPOCHAL
7d INEARTH

Exactly, I finally found that one! I suppose the question mark indicates it wasn’t a direct quote. Shout if you want hints or more on the rest

yes please - I'll put my mate out of his memory as well!

And PLONGEE for 28a but no parsing!

Ok, for 30a think pen as in swan, it’s a homophone.
28a is another literary reference, from Barchester Towers, Mrs Slope’s rival.
14 d an odd word for shaving with ancient Greek derivation.
5d join up the first two words of the clue and look it up
22d a Biblical reference for devil, Revelations 9.11, opposite of a good fellow (as in academic)
21a anagram of odd with one musical note inserted (single letter) followed by and. An old fashioned term for accidental cause of death given to the Crown
26d remove first and last letters of a word for steal. It’s rub as in rob, bit obscure.

Hi Quisling, any chance you can make the Dropbox file open so I can see the puzzle. Don’t worry if that’s too difficult, I’m just intrigued

26d should read stealer, as in thief

Jono, this may work:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3t3tg0c09y0r9sf/AABEcSDxvbn2r0NV4_Uqwr0pa?dl=0

If not, try this:

https://www.dropbox.com/t/tpSG1xX9NALSJuEG