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27a. Such action is almost all wrong
ANTISOCIAL
4d. This child's parents work out what's necessary to admit
LATCHKEY
19d. Zola's heroine accepts one version of Bible for religious aim
NIRVANA
22d. Laurel's given to a recited piece of work
STANZA
I get the parse - sort of...., but where's the Z come from?

Parses for the above please.

27a - Anagram ACTION IS AL(l)

19d - "Zola's heroine" is NANA (a novel by Emile Zola) around I RV Revised Version of Bible

22d - I think it's just a homophone of Stan's A sounds like STANZA

4d - I think this is a double definition - A latchkey child is a one that regularly returns to an empty house and you'd also need a latch key to gain admittance to the home.

4d could it also be :
work out - latch (on to ) necessary -key

Nice one Jazzgirl, that makes much more sense:-)

It could be both Brendan 😀

Cheers all, some of these literary references do my head in.
Re: STANZA....it's the 'recited' that makes it a homophone, I suppose.

Jazzgirl, thanks also for your gentle reminder on my behalf 👍

28a. Crazy problem for parish council
BATS IN THE BELFRY
11a. Ruth first out of bed, is self-important
UPPITY
16d. Disgusting river with another river within about 200 yards
EXECRABLE
18d. Saw person convincingly demonstrating book
PROVERB

Parses for the above please.

18 Saw, proverb, saying, is common in crosswords. Prover, person convincing +B, book.