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28d Rest at bottom of old hill and was redeemed in Ayr (6) MO?S??
40a Edward followed back American tennis star (6) TI?D??
29a Experiences affairs without husband (6) ART?U?
27d Round about 600 yards before the priest returns (7) A??A???
16a Gaston's journal of French is withdrawn (8) ??L????E
18a Walter's angry when snack has change of rating (7) ?O?S???
Some of the clues may be thematic leading to surnames, grid entries are given names.

18 Toustie, angry - Toastie was the snack, the 'a' is changed to 'us', both film ratings (I think)

40 A, Tilden, a tennis star.

29 This is thematic - the answer to the clue would be 8 letters, the given name is the obvious one.

Hi Malone,

Thanks for these - never heard of Tilden

28 D. Your M is wrong.

Crackabilly -

27d is thematic. 600 yds is approx a LI
16a is also thematic. Your E at the end is wrong. The answer alluded to is a fruit.

Thanks Malone & Orson
A bit of back tracking required

Crackabilly, post again if you need more help or a shove in the right direction.

Thanks for the offer Malone.

I was pretty sure 5d was N(OS)E- but if the E is wrong then struggling to think what this could be

Bone is OS inside a famous city often abbreviated to N? The "eminence grise" has nothing to do with Richelieu but refers to a person who uses the word grey sometimes.

I've no longer got my copy, so can't remember the details of 5 D. 16 A definitely ends in Y, and is a female name.