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5d. Fine fabric needing its edges trimmed
LAWN

12a. Only a churl would express contempt for HM
BOOR

6a. It's enough to make Bill correspond
ADEQUATE

2d. Atmosphere created by a well-born painter
AURA

Parses for the above please.

LAWN is atype of fabric as well as a grassy area
BOO (R(egina)
AD - bill, as in advertisement, EQUATE - correspond, match
A U (upper class) RA (painter)

Cheers ChrisE, I should've got some of those.

2d. Queue at hole in the wall? Hardly likely when you are on it!
BREADLINE

3d. It used to be very painful
SORE

18a. Presided in court, note - material for bench?
SATINWOOD

26a. Pupil dropping out of Boston perhaps is a foreigner
STRANGER

Parses for the above please.

2d. Queue at hole in the wall? Hardly likely when you are on it!
BREADLINE

Hole in the wall = ATM Bread = Money

3d. It used to be very painful
SORE

SORE = very (archaic) As in, 'I'm sore afraid'

18a. Presided in court, note - material for bench?
SATINWOOD

SAT (presided) + IN + Woo (court) + D (note)

26a. Pupil dropping out of Boston perhaps is a foreigner
STRANGER

STRANG(l)ER

Boston strangler minus l= learner/pupil

18a. sat - presided
in
woo -court
D- note

Thanks geting and jazzgirl.

1d. Port bow gets radio echo of unknown origin
ARCHANGEL

3d. Radical porter's drink?
ROOT BEER

25d. Here's the pirate captain's sidekick - duck!
SMEE

7d. He was always ready to accept a sovereign
VICAR OF BRAY

Parses for the above please.

1d - Def’n port, bow is ARCH and the echo of unknown origin is ANGEL

3d - radical is ROOT and porter is BEER

25d SMEE was Hook’s sidekick and is a duck

7d - cryptic definition about the vicar who is thought to have changed his views / religion to satisfy different monarchs to stay in his position

Thanks @Candledave.