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15d Observes area toured by sea vessels (9), and 20 Monopolise source of energy drinks for army chief (6). The answers look like Maintains and Shogun, but I need help parsing, please.

MAIN T(A)INS
S(HOG)UN

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4d Home Secretary at the outset treads carefully (4)
P?D?
Pads? If PA is secretary, how is 'ds' home?

Pad is home
Secretary at the outset is S

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23a. Discomfort in side street - problem near Bow Bells (6)

Stitch? St for street then (h)itch for a Cockney problem. If so, what is ‘side’ doing? It doesn’t seem necessary.

The definition is "discomfort in side"

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