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31a Prince's friend's bloomer, cautht by storm in New Zealand (11)
??s?n?r?n??

36a Timid person's exploit to speak of and celebrate (11)
m?l?u?t?a??

41a Stand for body that's round say and containing more fat (9)
b?t?e?i??
Is this 'butterier'?

31 rosencrantz

36 milquetoast

41 Yes. Bier, a stand for a coffin, and Utter, say. The 'stand' is round 'say' B utter ier. (A rather inelegant word, but legitimate).

Thank you. As you say Malone, 'butterier' is inelegant - to the point of never being used, I would have thought, when the alternative of 'more buttery' is so much better.

Never heard of milquetoast.

26a Slip passed on after it's been returned (4)
Looks like 'boob' but I can't parse it.

Also can't parse 38a which from the crossing letters I assume is 'note':

Small piece of music, any one of just six, evidently (4)

Obituary= on
Ob , preceded by Bo( obituary reversed

Bo+ ob

Separate No..te


Gives no te , so all the others are ok

Obituary /passed on =Ob

Preceded by reversed obituary/passed on =Ob

Gives boob

Thanks cryptastic and sorry if I'm being thick but I don't understand no..te, how does 'any one of just six, evidently' come into it?