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17d. Bill with top grade intended going up in scholarly world
ACADEMIA

7a. Many af foul faddist
CRANK

27a. A king and prince had the tapestry
ARRAS

14a. Sorting?
TYPING

4a. Revolver needed by game hunter
NIMROD

Parses for the above please.

17d AC could be the bill and AI (backwards) the top grade, but I'm struggling to see the rest

7 C - many, RANK - foul

A R(king) and RAS seems to be a title for a prince. An ARRAS (named after the place) is a tapestry or hanging, behind one of which Hamlet stabbed Polonius

TYPING could be sorting into types?

NIM is a game, ROD is slang for a revolver, NIMROD was the biblical "mighty hunter" (as celebrated in Elgar's Enigma Variations)

17d. I think is AC (bill) + A (top grated) and a reversal (going up) of AIMED (intended)

well done, jono!

Thanks Jono and chrise.

17a. Having given up work, I'm later prosecuted again
RETRIED

24a. Unpaid worker, in what way without exploitation? Namely, female inside
HOUSEWIFE

14a. Solid figure, an inconvenience for drivers?
CONE

Parses for the above please.

17 Retired -> retried, move the I (I’m later)

24 HOW (in what way) around USE (exploitation) + IE (namely) with F (female) inside

14 first definition is geometry

Cheers jono.

26a. Steal most of the bad beer
SWIPE

20a. One with Violet caught inside cell removing bone
CLAVICLE

4d. Marine is coming from Saint Lucia at sea
NAUTICAL

Parses for the above please.

26a Swipes is a word for bad beer