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18a Philosophical sort almost shut in thus (5)
Stoic? Sic = thus, but how does ‘to’ parse?

26a Virgin Trains carrying boy past Oxford University (3,4)
Our Mary?
OU = Oxford University, RY = trains, but that leaves ‘mar’ somehow meaning boy, so I’ve got something wrong.

if a door is "to" it's shut, but that doesn't account for "almost"

our lady

Thanks both.

no problem klazo

i post in lower case when one of my cats is sitting on me - difficult to reach the shift key and letter at the same time!

54a Kangaroo or rhino one may pass in Greece? (4)
No idea what’s going on here.

37d Shot in cricket match leading to first run (4,5)
I assume this is a cricket term so I’ve got no chance of knowing it.

EURO double def

could be TEST DRIVE

Thanks Buddy but I don’t understand euro, how does it mean kangaroo or rhino?

rhino is slang for money

euro is the name given to one subspecies of wallaroo (google tells me)

Wow, that’s horribly obscure, thanks for explaining.

3d Planting seed on Italian farm incites one repeatedly to work (10,12)
A?T?F?C?A? for the first word, second word begins in ‘i’.

28a Pound involved in rewrite of last lyric: that facilitates conveying an image (6,7)
Pretty sure the second word is ‘crystal’, first word begins with ‘L’.