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Any help with 16A?
I have: -IL-
Is the definition 'pinch'?

Could we have a clue please.

The clue is:

No longer box and punch(4).

But, there might be a one letter misprint in the definition part.

Yes, the definition is "pinch"

16a still baffling me, but then I have not solved 10d. Faint wrongdoer's head placed in loop that's smaller and raised. 9 letters. I have sh???da?n if anyone can help please.

I haven't finished this, but know that some answers don't match the length given. The actual answer to 10 D has only five letters - and it's a fairly simple, common word. I can't do anything with it yet!

Still can't get 16A.
I have the phrase that's supposed to explain modifications, but don't yet understand how.

Nelson, I think I am in the same position. I can see that parts of the answers (to the clues) for 17 A and 10 D have something, a meaning, in common. That's as far as I have got.

... in common with each other and which also fits in with the phrase.

malone, you can see more than me.
All I can see is that the real answers rhyme and end in the same three letters.
Can't see any connection to theme yet.