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34a Magic man's tree? (5)

PAWAW and PAWPAW fit the bill but that's not the right answer. I know what it is now but finding a solution that fitted but was wrong held me up for a while.

Glad you weren't held up too long,Orson. I enjoyed this puzzle very much.

Malone

yes I enjoyed it too - really nice ideas. I cant crack 31A though - at least I cant parse it

31 A. Showing weakness of will not having a party in Belfast (5)

Craic, party in Belfast, from...
Acratic, having weakness of will - remove the first A (not having a) and then remove the T, the additional letter. I worked backwards as I'd worked out that I needed the additional letter to be T.

Malone
Thank you - that really does crack (literally) it

You're welcome, jigjag. I was quite pleased when I worked that one out!

I have almost completed this.
But need help with parsing.

30 Loosen a French friar (6)
Friar is tuck. un plus tuck/tack. I have conflict in the fourth letter.

26 Not drawing blood, lacking energy from resentment in
Perth (3)

What is resentment in Perth? R is the extra letter.

39, Bill’s piece of luck further along the shore (6)
I have up + 5-letter word for shore giving O as extra. But what is Bill's piece of luck?

Thanks.

sunray

yes it is untuck - Un in french and friar Tuck. Do you mean confict in a different letter?

It is Derry in Australia. So take e for energy out

Shakespeares word for luck - upcast - literally throwing things up in the air and the one landing near the mark is the winner - early form of National Lottery.

Thanks jigjag.
Both Derry and upcast new for me.

Good afternoon all. Am (for me that is) doing well with this EV but am having trouble with 27a in that of the letters I have some must be wrong because what I have looks very like only 3 words. For 34a is the spare letter H? If not, that is wrong too and I would welcome some help on 11 & 12a. Many thanks.