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3d A big bolt I deployed for parts not to be removed (9)
O?b?i?a?i

37d Collecting tray, for instance, during a hymn (5,6)
S?l?e ?e?i?a

I'm sensing that I won't have heard of the answers.

obbligati

SALVE REGINA
salver eg in a
The other one is an anagram

Thank you ChrisE, never heard of either. Obscurities like these ruin the fun of a crossword for me.

Thanks. Not heard of that and it didn’t come up in my search. I’ll have to get Chambers. At least my parsing was correct!

"Obscurities like these ruin the fun of a crossword for me"

Funny old world. It's the complete opposite for me. As the memsahib is fond of saying "every day is a schoolday"