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There are 10 themed + 13a.
16d is themed. f + word for pull minus w

Chrise and jazzgirl, many thanks. I had 16 d wrong which explains both the missing theme and the parsing problem. Have it now though. Can go shopping!

I've got the SW corner done despite the fact that I have no idea of 13a. Accountant and bishop meet outside front of Abbey (4,7) I only have the N as the 4th letter. Accountant could be CA, Bishop could be B, RR, DD, the whole thing might be the name of a linguist. I'm just lost. Hints -- big ones -- would be nice.

The bishop is B. It's not a person's name; it's a (derogatory) term for an accountant.

accountant is the deinition (sort of)
B(bishop) +a(bbey) inside encounter(meet)

Thank you all. It finally made some sense!

That's so helpful. Thank you. I was stuck because my paper has 4.7 so I assumed the . Had some significance as it's unusual. Was looking for some sort of website!

Finished apart from SE corner. Are the three theme clues all downs there?

Two are across; one down

Thanks, Jazzgirl. Back to the drawing board!