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12a.....I get the copper Cu.... but the rest?

Lit = drunk (an old-fashioned word, nobody uses it now!)
Pr = priest

Cu l pr it.

CULPRIT....thanks

11a. Pen for another hog done in stone
GHOST
Parse?
Which word in the clue means ghost???

Not a good clue. The definition is "Pen for another" - i.e. ghost writer, but pen by itself doesn't mean that.

Sorry, I meant "ghost" by itself doesn't mean "ghost writer".

Chambers under ghost - vi and vt to work, esp write, on behalf of another person credited as the creator or author.

The clue is fine to me, sorry.

19d. Reportedly understood to cut horns off a cow
REDPOLL

Parse?

Red sounds like Read/understood.
To poll means to dehorn/cut horns off.
Redpoll is breed of cattle.

Should be Red Poll.

Thanks for RED POLL....hmm, the clue gave it as a 7-letter word...agree it should be 2 words. What confused me was that REDPOLL (1 word) is a species of bird! This mistakes are frustrating.