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1D. Briefly Gloucestershire bats hit hard (4) S---.
14A. Fed money into band, one grand lost (4) -MA-.
32A. Ask wife in difficulty (4) NE--.
26D. Active ladies chat in Mumbai perhaps (4) -L-O.
27A. At a former time locally, by the way (4) -NS-.

Many thanks in advance!!!

1. Slog, Glos (abbreviation for Gloucestershire)
14. Gman m = money in gan(g)
26. A (active) + loo

32. Newt, w (wife) in net. Ask is a type of newt.
27. Onst, on + St. an old form of once.

Thanks Ginge very much.

28D. I obtain time to climb to top part of column (4) T-GE.
25D. Do for oldies remains as stated (4) -OST.
4D. Stink in Ohio created by dung-beetle (4) O-O-.

28 TIGE (the shaft of a column)

I GET with the T moving upwards

ODOR? (US spelling) DOR is a beetle

28D: anagram of 'I GET' - tige (shaft of a column)?

Thank you all!

25d: dost? not sure.......