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Bit late getting to this as usual.
I’ve nearly cracked it - thanks mostly to Chrise’s help with 18a which got me going properly.

I’ve just got 3 left.
16, 22 and 24. I’ve been working through Uk cities to no avail.

Perhaps if someone could kindly help me out with a clue to 16d then the rest will hopefully fall into place. 😊

16 comb as a verb. It contains the theme word.
22 is a city, but not GB.
Difficult to gve a hint for 24. It has 2 editors!

I'm missing 2 now... I have 5D starting with an M I'm not sure that's right since that leaves 5A M?U?E?

the 5s don't start with M

How about starting with F then (have a musical instrument for 5 then, can't fully parse it though).

I had MARKED for 5D since it's EARMARKED without EAR :|

yes, f. you are on the right lines for 5d, but the ear n eeds to be inserted later in the correct answer

Ok sneaky one that since the word with EAR in doesn't sound like it has one in it!

Took me a long time to get the last 5 then. Nice puzzle though.

I can't parse 7D, I have something you might sign in Versailles?

Can't really parse 5A nor 19D either.

7d - Hear as in a court case around a word for breakfast or lunch if you think of them as verbs

5a - Take away the first letter and you have the other instruments

7 hear is in the judicial sense
5 you need to subtract an ear
19 i was missing an e for ages, but the french abbreviation is longer than ours, i think.

19d - Theme word around what Joan of Arc was declared posthumously, but the French abbrev.