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1A Cake raising device, twice (8) F???????

Thinking FLAGPOLE but not seeing wordplay

18A Writer not writing song? (6) B????D

Thinking BALLAD (ditto)

23A Panto queen's hat (5) T????

27D Verses may win Venus' heart (4) ???S

Thinking ODES (ditto)

1A flapjack
18A balla(r)d
23A toque
Also thinking "odes" for 27D, but can't fully parse.

Thanks skyewalker as always for your generous and rapid help

10D Old, old strut (4) ?L?O

OLEO maybe ?

19D Distressed a pike (4) AGE?

AGEE maybe?

I see the winner this week was S Walker from Glasgow. You didn't happen to use the pseudonym & change your address.

19d a-ged ged is a pike

Thanks dunderheid

Can not work out odes for 27d either

Not guilty, Stevie. I hadn't even noticed.

Verses = poems = Odes....Venus = Godess...heart of Godess = odes