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Stuck on two. Help appreciated!
32a French university degree, one in French certainly (5) ?O?AI
29d Where trawler is heading back when it's replaced line (4) HAA?

Douai
Haaf

Thanks djawhufc. That mean 30d must be quat as suspected.

Help with 11a please - Synagogue elder, male brought in to teach formerly. I have CO?E?. Also 35a - Like many a vessel from Central America in trade at sea ?ARI?ABE? Thanks!

11a co he n
35a carinated ...the t came from the down clue quat(rain)

Thank you! Once you make one mistake everything falls to pieces! (Think it's sorted now)

Something that's bugging me long after the solve is the extra component to 26d (the answer I'm fairly sure is AGORA):
Market forming circle in Indian city - see a white man there?

I guess the second part is a bonus pointer to the solution, because the first part O in AGRA is okay on its own. Can anyone enlighten me please?

I really don't know why Azed bothered with the last bit - 'Market forming circle in Indian city' is a perfectly good clue for AGORA. The idea behind the 'bonus element' is (I believe) that in the (Greek or Indian) marketplace you might see a 'white man', or 'someone assumed to deal fairly with others' [Chambers], but it fell rather flat for me.

Thanks, JackNatter. That's probably right, if a little odd. Azed's occasional 2-for-1s are usually a lot cleverer, which was why it was nagging me that I couldn't see it.

Hi Des

I originally thought that the second wordplay must refer to A GORA, but when I looked 'gora' up I found nothing. However, I was using an old version of Chambers on my PC - checked again today in the printed 2014 edition and there it is - GORA 'a white male' (Hindi). We can now both rest easy!

My excuse - it's the first crossword I've done in six months or so...