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9ac Hand over textbook I have left in this. (7,7)
P?e?e?t ???s?m? But I think it's PRESENT ONESELF??

in which case,
6d. Stretch before casting for show (10) ??n?E???O?
and
8d Using power supply in the boot, get going (4,5) ???? START

9 present perfect
6d pretension
8d kick start

thanks chrisg, my saviour once again.

It serves me right I became fixated with a "car" solution to 8d and kept beavering away with Jump Start, cold start etc. etc,etc,
thanks!

Thanks yet again cerasus. V surprised at miser being synonym!

After I had posted, I found this


http://wikidiff.com/hunks/miser

10a ?l?e one indicates left going through

23a 6,2,6 first word end in l second in s if I've got the answers correct. The butt of jokes. Can't get my mind off bottom as one word...

23 barrel of laughs?

10 Clue - Cue+L/left.

Can't see why peruke is the answer to ...

6a cat grabbing monarch's wig (6)

Ok, I've now learnt that peruke is a wig, and monarch could be ER, R or K, but can't see which of the words left after removing those possibilities is a synonym for one of the various meanings of cat.

Cat means to vomit, hence Puke round ER