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Sorry, Mersault - message clashed!

Correction, the clash in 30A is 1st cell, but that is the 3rd cell of 24D. So only 3.5 clashes are in first or last cell...

No problem, Olivercardo, good to have you on board, before I get accused of monopolising...

Do the omitted letters of overlong answers make a meaningful phrase?

Thank you djawhufc and meursault, it all makes perfect sense now. When the penny dropped on reading your explanations, I nearly laughed out loud at the neatness of it.

Thank you both. I had indeed assumed the clash was in a different place.

Belatedly, Patch49, I don't think they make a meaningful phrase. Blackball is quite old usage and Bleep is quite modern. I couldn't imagine ACD using 'Bleep'...

Not a phrase, but all five are synonyms of the word in the relevant 17.

It seems like I'm the only person not seeing this.

I've got the 5 dots, but can't work out the theme.

I assume I've got the right word for 17D (a synonym for 'escapade'), but I have no idea what 1D or 27D are (and I'm missing 13A).

Help, please!

1dn and 27dn are surnames.