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24 Court = seek, Card = caution, a bit of a wit, wag etc (dated stuff!). Court Card - jack, queen,king ace, and these can also be called Honours.

PS It was Arthur, Duke of Wellington who said 'Publish and be damned.'

Good detective work Malone. I was completely lost on those clues...and no wonder!

9a. In place of prayer, had rude questions- that's socially acceptable
PRIE-DIEU

24d. Detail payment required for management of circulation
POINT DUTY

Parses for the above please.

9 PRIED - had rude questions
IE that is - that's
U socially acceptable (Mitfords)

24 POINT - detail
DUTY - payment required
What a policeman does to direct traffic.

9a Whole thing is where you pray.

Had rude questions - PRIED
That’s - IE
Socially acceptable - U

24d

Detail - POINT
Payment - DUTY

POINT DUTY manages traffic - circulation

Thanks for the replies.

15a. Dramatic effort that bears fruit
APPLECART

17a. Getting nobody outside house?
HALLO

26a. In test, this wine is best liked
ASTI

13d. Escort multitude into old jail
MARSHALSEA

Parses for the above please.

The apple cart is a play by G B Sham (I think it's the one that includes "Breakages Incorporated")
HALLO is ALL in HO (house), so nobody outside. I don't see the definition, though.
MARSHAL - escort, SEA - multitude (as in "a sea of faces looked up to me")
It was an old prison.

Shaw, not Sham, of course!

My error in 17a....I blame predictive texting on my mobile..... First word should be GREETING.

Thanks for the answers!