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The only clue I have problems parsing is :

57a Bluish shade observed, bore endlessly about it? On the contrary (3,5)

The answer would plainly be sea green. I assume observed is seen, but what about the rest? All help gratefully received.

eAGRe in SEEN.

Eagre is bore in the sense of a sudden tidal rise in a river.

Thanks, but what about on the contrary?

EAGR(e)

Not ‘about it’, rather inside it, hence on the contrary

Many thanks, jono.

While I have your attention, I didn't really see why in:

34a One stuck up for silent audience (1,3,2,3,4)

"One stuck up" would refer to a fly on the wall. Am I being thick?

Grahamr, I think your reasoning is correct. I’d come to the same conclusion about that clue.

Please can someone explain the parsing of 27a?

Posy suggesting one’s head not all straight? (7)

The answer looks like NOSEGAY (= posy). Where does the NOSE bit come from? I can see that it’s an anagram of ONES, but what does that have to do with “head”?

TMWITA, I think the anagram is a red herring, and the point is just that the nose is part of the head, so if the nose is gay, then the head is not all straight. The question mark indicates it’s a bit “alternative”

Good to see the previous answers, I also didn't see how "One stuck up" meant a fly on the wall (are they stuck?), nor cold I parse "nosegay" or "sea green".

36d Having no freedom, being left on footway with no parking (11).
Looks like 'enslavement'. I can see left=l and avement = footway with no parking, but how does 'being' = 'ens'?