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Aaaaaah, yes!
But I think you mean the 'duck' goes between the 1st and 2nd letters :-)
Thank you.

25a - ...and me:-)

I've got everything but 15a. That is if my answer to 7d is right. A surname also held by an old female Hollywood star which makes the fourth letter in 15a an N. Any help appreciated.

Hi Lucertola,

15a - 5 letter word for "particular" (as in 'fussy') minus its first letter/"non-starter".

7d doesn't end in N I'm afraid - the "old detective" was one of a pair that were very popular in the 70's - 7d's partner's name is a "smaller residence than 27a"

Hi Brendan.

If you are still puzzling over "Like a cake" think of something that you might buy in a cake shop - I could be more specific but it would become a spoiler I'm afraid!

Got it, thanks JustSolve:-)

I got into the theme backwards, from 23d! It gave me 13,20, which I haven't bothered to parse fully.

Took me a while to see, but 13,20 is two final letters outside a phrase that parses 3,2,3,5

thanks jono

Just 19d which I can't parse although only one logical answer - can anytone help?