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Annoyingly, stuck on 5, all interconnected, which is adding to the bafflement.

27A - Lacking energy, recommend imbibing a liqueur (8)
?D???A?T
23D - Royal attendant takes time dipping into travel guide (8)
???A?I??
40A - Discharge third person overcome by drink (5)
??E??
41D - Financial obsessive accepts knighthood, finding source of oil (6, 3)
??N?E? N??
&
55A - Rummage bishop kept in parts of yard (60
?E?R??

I can't spot anything wrong with any of the letters I have cited, but that doesn't amount to a complete guarantee.

Gratitude for all assistance will follow tomorrow.

advocaat
rheum
monkey nut
ferret

courtier

Chiff
Very many thanks for speed, accuracy & correcting my misreading of my own writing - I did have the fourth letter in COURTIER as an R but misread it as an A.

I retire for the night, suitably grateful and humbled by my own stupidity.

Humbled by our own stupidity is why we do crosswords

Have a large nightcap and sleep 'tight'