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Stuck again!Please help:
7a strong headwind:lacking a motive turns back (5)
?OSE?
28a Method of finding survivors at sea till now? (5)
SOTA? the "t" may be wrong
32a What may be squeezed to good effect lay within fruit (8) ?E????O?

7a looks like Noser
re(a)son backwards but i've never heard it before.

Yes it's in Chambers, Thanks henry

32 mel ode on ode=lay

sonar?

28 is I think sofar - apparently a sea channel the use of which was proposed as a way of sailors sendign distress signals and "so far"

If sonar is correct, that would make the down clue "silly ass, son about to marry" SONTIE. I had sottie before defn = farce ?????

Thanks anniec, that makes the down clue softie which fits the clue