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From the back of the drawer, certain scraping out (7)

ERASURE

I think it parses thus:

E - back of the
RA - drawer (artist)
SURE - certain

I also struggled with the “a”.
Paul -you’ve cracked it! Well done!

Excellent, paul. That's actually a rather neat clue - the A being cleverly disguised😃

10a Woman’s entitlement to enter hire purchase; check it out (2,3,6)
Looks like ‘Lo and behold’ but I can’t see the entitlement or woman.

Dame of the British Empire - DBE - between LOAN and HOLD (purchase).

I must admit that I 'biffed' (is that the correct jargon?) both this and the previously discussed ERASURE. I parsed properly only when the questions appeared here.

DBE - Dame of the British Empire, woman's entitlement, title.

Thanks, would never have got woman = dbe.

Thanks, would never have got woman = dbe.