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Stuck on two:

20D Flash risible leader? One's into that! (6)

_ O _ N _ R

JOINER? CORNER? I really don't get this one.

9D Where Jack might end up sounds unacceptable. (6, 3, 4)

B _ Y _ N - / T _ E / _ A _ E

I think this must be BEYOND THE PALE (= unacceptable). Perhaps 'Jack' is a reference to the Jack in the sport of bowls... but if so, what is 'The Pale' in this context?

Mooner, someone who likes flashing (their posterior!) Mo, flash, One., in clue and R, first letter/leader of Risible.

9 D Just a thought - maybe it's the Jack of Jack and Jill fame, and he might have fallen past the Pail?! (that being the 'sounds' bit)

I think the first one is MOONER.
Flash is MO, risible leader is R, around ONE.
Definition being one who is into flashing (mooning)?

I was too slow. Malone, I’m sure you are correct about Jack.

Thanks, Jono. I just stuck the answers in without thinking when I did the puzzle, so had to have a little think to come up with any form of parsing!

Thank you Malone and Jono, those explanations sound spot-on, seems I'd got too hung-up on bowls!

Glad we could help, bilbow.