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Jono, I wondered about 11 A but I think these puzzles might be from old crossword books, where the answers are given.

Yes jono, it was TEASE not TRACE....my mistake.

14d. Overdue, sun taking blame sadly for Jerry Lee Lewis and 11 among others
(Note: 11 was CARL PERKINS)
LABELMATES

8a. Same two chords in Emerson Lake & Palmer's records
ELPEES

27a. One with depression, needing vermouth - unknown brand
IDENTITY

21d. Cook - no learner - set grill for rubbery piece of meat
GRISTLE

Parses for the above please.

27 I, one, Dent, depression, IT, vermouth Italian ( in a gin and It, say)+Y,unknown.

21 Grill, cook, no learner = remove an L, learner. + anagram (grill?)

14 Overdue gives Late, sun = S, and anagram (sadly) of Blame...people on the same record label, Labelmates.

8a is two E’s (chords musically) inserted into ELP’S. Didn’t know this was a word but it’s in Chambers as “a phonetic representation of LP”

21d I think ‘cook’ is the anagrind. So (set grill)* without one L

Thanks, Jono, that 21 D parsing sounds better!

3a. That's not proper ice stick
PASTE

7d. Source of information for bank robbery
THEFT

2a. To accommodate dead, the underworld widens out
DILATES

19a. Two games in Hants town
GOSPORT

1d. Girl upsetting her best friend, not half!
MAID

21a. Sung part 'notedly superior'?
DESCANT

Parses for the above please.

7 D. Theft, robbery. The FT, The Financial Times. source of information for bank,money etc.

19 Go and Sport, two games (Go is a board game, I think sport is a general term).

2a LATE (dead) in DIS (a name for the underworld)

21a Cryptic definition. Descant is the vocal part in a choral work at the higher end of the range, hence, ‘notedly superior’