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10D - Scrawny, oddly omitted hiding behind in long garment (6)
C?????
11D - Is it one relatively contrived small-screen genre? (7,10)
R?????? TELEVISION
&
12D Those reluctant to get going after rising in the morning? (11)
M?????????S

I hope that assistance with these will enable me to complete the other four.

The first one is CAFTAN
sCrAwNy oddly with AFT inside

REALITY TELEVISION - anagram of is it one relatively

AM lingerers are reluctant to get up in the morning - reverse AM ("rising") gives MALINGERERS

10d caftan - can- even letters of scrawny + aft(behind)

11d reality television?

Thanks to Brackendale & Xwordfan.

Why couldn't I think of "aft", or even of "Caftan"? I had worked out the "can!
Now stuck on 28A - Conflict with bird in short story (10)
???T?A?E?E

The bird is RAVEN and a short story is CONTE
One inside t'other gives CONTRAVENE

Brackendale - again, my thanks.
I fear that the reference to conflict had convinced me that the answer was going to start with WAR - don't ask me why!

One left :
23A - Travelling band in port (4)
?Y?E

tyre

Bigbadmarty2 - thanks

I seem to be getting stupider.........

happy to help - sometimes we can't see the wood for the trees !