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I think I must have gone wrong somewhere. 6ac Skillful operation - no bloke's work! (6)
I have o?u?r? but can't come up with any words that fit

oeuvre?
means work, but i haven't parsed it

oh it's (man)oeuvre

Julesvern
It is advert, a reduced commercial. Anagram of trade with the V slotted in.

Thanks Chrise
Never would have parsed that.

Thanks alicat. Doh! How did I not see that anagram?! Still not sure about the definition though.

Brilliant Chrise, thanks! Don't think I'd ever have got that.

Now that I have 6a, 3d is obvious!

I'd still like to hear from anyone who can enlighten me on the parsing of 17d (see earlier post, no 30) The crossers are P?L?A and I have what must be the answer, but don't get it!

State = Alaska AK
cut back = LOP
Overturned= POLKA