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8d. Meat at rest, upended and stuffed by chef regularly on time (8) p???e?t?
17d. Boz set up scheme with extremely erudite worker (8)
20d Idiot cut centre out of housewife's dress (6)

8 might be PANCETTA?

A NAP around CE and T, backwards?

If Boz is the setter, ME rev. + PLOY + EE = EMPLOYEE

Thanks Chrise
Pancetta fits as I think 10a - Gaining a pound for each day in fast is grim (6) ?u?l?n with pancetta giving the n as sullen but cannot parse

fast = sudden, lose the D's for L's

Thanks Kilgour trout - employee fits - should have also given the second letter as m although I still don't know who Boz refers to. Thanks for sullen explanation.

I thought my explanation was quite cheerful......

Boz is a fairly well known setter so I am guessing he wrote this puzzle.

Nice one kilgore! Thanks again