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Believe I have answers for the following but unable to parse them. Any help or corrections appreciated.
18 ac: It's essential to keep ice ready, after reading it back? (6)
Recipe?

29 ac: Plant a departing kiss (5)
Cress?

41 ac: Setter does rock for an audience; Eagles, for example (4-6)
Meat-eaters?

52 ac: Place on ladder had lead in-most important piece (7)
Running?

Enigma

c(a)ress

RECIPE is backwards in the clue - keEP ICE Ready)
MEAT EATERS sounds like ME (the setter) TEETERS (rocks)
52 is RANKING (place on ladder), RAN (had the lead), the most important piece KING (chess)

Many thanks Brakendale for your contribution.

Enigma