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Agent =REP and shave=PARE "all over" it.
The whole word prepare is given by "coach"I think, rather than Prep.

Thanks, that makes sense, I didn’t consider PARE for shave.
I get it now.

You're welcome.

9 Down
Academic on 'a loud-mouthed, hollow, ultimately corrupt arse and bad loser
(6,5)
I have the letters
__ O __A __D __R __ __ __

Also 6 Down
Like Brenda, on occasion, boasted about "one's focus"
Answer must be Crowned,
I think boasted is crowed, but where does the n come from?
Thanks

9 Donald Trump, notoriously bad loser. The parsing is a bit convoluted...

6 D. Maybe it's just Crowed, boasted, with N from the centre of One, one's focus?

Thanks, I thought it might be that, but wasn't comfortable with it.

I agree with the parsing of 6D, taking the 'N' as the middle or 'focus' of 'one'.

For 9D, it is a bit convoluted as Malone says:

Academic = DON on A Loud-moutheD hollow (first and last letters only), ultimately (last letter of) corrupT arse = RUMP and an extremely bad loser, though would have thought Cyclops might also be over it by now

Columbo, thanks for the Trump parsing... I couldn't be bothered untangling it all!