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ethereal

23ac is not one of the themed answers - it is defined.

20ac professIONAl - should give you a nudge (with 22d which is one of the themed answers.) First word of 5d is 'the'.

ethereal ... 23 is in the Caribbean but is not part of the theme (it is defined: island). The theme in 20 is in letters 6-9.

If I say that the '5d' in '20a' is at positions.

8,9,10,11

That may help you.

that should be letters 8-11 ... but chrise has already disclosed that ...

Now it makes sense. Before even the disclosure was cryptic.

I've really struggled with this one as I misunderstood the instructions. So thankyou to the forum for putting me right. I got 5d quite early, but am left with one to go. 16d Scot ordered to stop dirty stuff. (8) I have ?U?S?O?K
Are the letters right? Any strong hints welcome?

The letters are correct. It's an anagram inside a word for 'dirty stuff'.
It's one of the themed clues

Many thanks mattrom.
I'm afraid I went to bed before seeing your response.

I thought it was an anagram inside dirty stuff, but I had muck for the dirty stuff. I've now got it and found my last 5d.

Some on this forum have suggested that 5d is one of the eight down themed clues, but I've found eight without using 5d itself.

Thanks to everybody for all your help .

Hi roof
I'd be interrested to know which one we've missed. I have 2, 3, 4, 12, 16, 19 and 22.