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Manic Mary
1ac and 1d are thematic and therefore clued without definition. 2d means equip and yields 's'

Rossim
Barren Scots cried aloud = ?e?d

Ignore my last post as I've just worked out the answer.

Just on to get: "Retrograde judge conceals moral to one story, or many in Salem":
?t???? (possibly ends gri)

E tag es

thankyou all will carry on now.

Why Salem particularly, I wonder? Etages is a French word, after all

Anyway, can someone please explain 19A - Dull and monotonous nonsense mostly about lazy fellow (7)

The only letters I am sure of are -U-B---
I thought it was going to be 'humdrum' from the definition, but that doesn't fit and anyway I can't see how it would solve

Salem probably refers to the American spelling of story, rather than storey.
19a Lubbard
Drab and bul(l)reversed

Ha! Thanks Finn - I wouldn't have got that in a month of Sundays