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22A NZ fruit tree yielding narcotic drink after time(4)

TAV? - presumably T and ava(kava) but the NZ fruit tree seems to Tawa?

Ixion
Tawa- An evergreen tree native to N Zealand
Tawa- A griddle used in cookery. Alternative spellings TAVA or TAVAH.
Think you should invest the £16.!

Chambers says Tava or Tavah, same as Tawa. You need ve for 16d

Ty The Joker - one last query...

21D Scotsman's smartened bar up?Not even with cut edging(7)

SN-odd-ed(ging) - NS=bar?

Ixion
All I can do is to quote Chambers.
SNOD(Scot) - adj smooth,neat,trim,snug. vt to trim,set in order(with up):pa t and pa p snodded or snoddit (poss connected with O N snothinn-bald).

Thanks TJ - trying to work out the NS bit

Sorry Ixion,cannot assist you re the NS=bar.

Sudden WILD thought from childhood days,playing with a magnet.
I seem to recall that the bar had N at one end and S at the other, representing polarity.
Think I have my shoehorn out again!

possibly for "not specified"

ps - for anyone doing this xword - 1a is two words(not specified in clue)

That could be it TJ - vaguely remember a bar magnet form school science