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Thanks thus far, I think these are the ones still outstanding....
THUMBNAIL
TOUCHWOOD
CAT'S-PAW

Google has solved TOUCHWOOD. I had never heard of the first meaning.

https://wikidiff.com/touchwood/punk

Might the last one be "was" rather than "is"? It's then just an anagram. A CAT'S PAW in that sense is a breath of wind that makes light ripples on water.

TOUCHWOOD/PUNK...never heard of that definition before, thanks.

Apologies for CAT'S PAW...Yes it should've been 'was', thus making it an anagram. My predictive texting plays havoc sometimes.

Cheers

A “nail” is a unit of cloth measurement of a sixteenth of a yard or 2 1⁄4 inches.
Thumb, perhaps, refers to ‘General’ Tom Thumb.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Tom_Thumb

Only one left....
22a. Short- in general, two and a quarter inches
THUMBNAIL

Parse?

Cross-posted....all solved now.
Cheers all.

24a Something badly done has friend appearing for trial
COCK-UP
26a. Taking care always to be in the right great
DRESSY
4d. Support of Knights for series of contests?
CHAMPIONSHIP
17d. Crown left in ship's tender
PINNACLE
1a. Unyielding like an enterprise led by Napoleon?
PIG-HEADED
11a. Graves he provides are situated between two rivers
SOMMELIER
22a. Fitting groups in shelters
NESTS
24a. Looking ill but translating Livy with pronounced ease
EVIL EYE
25a. Measure in which two people proverbially co-operate
TANGO
28a. One keeps crossing oneself, taking such a bold leap
ENTRECHAT
16a. Change dress
SHIFT
17a. Say nothing in police stations
NICKS

Parses for the above please.

Typo.....26a should say ".....right gear"

17a homophone ‘nix’ nothing, and ‘nicks’ police stations