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Still can't get that top left hand corner:

1d Figure currently holding underwear up, feathery attire ( 3, 6 )
Is this Car Bonnet ?

1ac Excellent speller (6 ) I have C - Z - - -

3d State capital, where Tories endlessly quaffing drink ( 7)
- - L - I - H

Many thanks, all !

1A WIZARD if C is wrong.

1d war bonnet

1d: war bonnet= feathery attire (def)
ten - figure
bra- underwear]
now- current
all reversed

3d: Raleigh = state capital
It is the state capital of North Carolina, but I cannot parse the rest of the clue.

Allow me, Elle...
Ale, drink, Righ(t) Tories endlessly. Quaffing = Righ swallows the Ale.

Thank you, Malone!
That one was way over my head.

You're welcome, Elle. It was a real novelty for me to be giving you parsing!

Thanks all !
The great thing is the parsing, so infuriating to guess the answer and not know why . . .