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Help appreciated to get me over the line on this marathon.

27 down: Rats, say, with very short fur (6)

Have: ?E?M?N

Desman is a mole-like creature but not, I think, a rat.

52 across: Appointment with charity after pressure to provide trees (9)

Have: D?T?P?L?S

Thanks in advance
Enigma

vermin

datepalms

27d ver(y)min(k)

Thanks Chiff.

Should have seen vermin!

Blame an exhausted brain!

Enigma

Or,
V for very, with ermin(e)?

Definitely rusty's parsing - chiff's is good but 'short' in the clue cannot apply to both 'very' and 'fur'.