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5d - Hateful sort's short story marks old slip up (9) CON????E?

CONTEMNER! Do you have 7a or 7d? I suspect the latter might be WRIT; then the former must be WE?E.Clues for those without:
7a Old passion you & I'll embrace close to Gethsemane & cross (reference to stitch?) -- 4 l.
7d What scribe did with regard to penning capital in incipit -- 4 l.

thanks for that

I think 7a is WEXE & 7d WRIT

Great, Terry! And can you see for 28d which is supposed to be correct: STIE or STYE? As far as I can see they're equally legitimate!

Could be either!

Tye (or tie) are both listed in Chambers as pasture.

That's what I meant! So really "they" ought to accept either/both, as it has no relevance to the rest?! Another case of unintended ambiguity, as they always say................

On further thought I've gone with STYE as it is the main spelling with STIE being 'rarely used'.

18 A. Following party line Genoa regrouped with embarrassment hidden (9) ?nmes????
(It doesn't look right - maybe I've gone wrong?)

12 A. Rab C's demonstration prior to ringing one fellow about Ecstasy (6) ??i??e

I worked out 18 A - it looks more like two words/a phrase to me!

12 A. Priefe