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Roof, 22 parses as 4 ("split"), 2 ("performing"). The definition is "busted singer in country".

Geeker, re your 61, she actually performed at halftime of a Thanksgiving Day NFL game.

Thanks, darla. Since giving up TV (in 2010) I've become blissfully unaware of such cultural icons and events. 😁

Despite the previous hints for 10a I simply can’t see it - my last one and I’d like to sleep soundly tonight! If anyone is still out there can you give me an idiot level hint that could put me out of my misery?

For 10, the insert isn't a word

10 is a 7-letter word for "error" with a three-letter abbrev. for another word in the clue [omitted for spoiler purposes] removed ("dropping") from positions 3-5.

Thank you geeker - finally got it. Can rest easy now.

Well, I finally got there, though I cheated a little by using hints from this forum on a few. A very slow start, a fairly quick middle bit, and then a struggle over the last few. FOI 24a, which was obvious as soon as I read it, but then it was quite a while before I got another one. LOI 10a, on which I was totally stuck, even after reading some hints on this forum, and yet once I got it, it seemed like a quite straightforward clue. COD 4d, which made me laugh.

chrise @ 67. It’s a pigment but it’s also a word used to describe a colour, or hue.

Ochre hued is an expression.