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14a Virtually complete time machine-order for a many legged creature(10)
Is it tardigrade or tardigrada?

20a Harsh American requiring strict attention to the rules(10)
Is it astringent? But why?

5a Returning to endlessly taunt and scold somebody(6)
?????G

7d Flags on top of Headingley anger county(9)
??L?S?I?? Could it be Palestine?

7dn WILTS H IRE
A STRINGENT (not very good)

I think it is probably TARDIGRADE
TARDI(s) + GRADE

Thanks chrise, but don't get how grade comes from order.

Any ideas for 5a Returning to endlessly taunt and scold somebody(6) ???W?G

5a bigwig = a somebody. From returning endlessly to taunt (E)BIG and scold WIG

Thanks.

Tardigrade doesn't fit with 28 ac, unless I've got it wrong: Girl after a male in huge landmass (7). I have Am(a male)erica (girl after a male) and America is a huge landmass!

I've just realised I'm looking at the wrong crossword! Multitasking not working!

janice-
Grade from order

I used to repair pearl necklaces. You get them in the right order by grading according to size- starting with the largest in the centre and ending with the smallest.
You would be amazed how filthy some pearls I was sent were!