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Each couplet contains both a definition (one or more words) and
a mixture of the letters (beginning at the beginning or ending at
the end of a word in the clue) of the two words indicated by the
clue numbers (in the correct order). Both indications of the first
word precede both indications of the second. In each case either
definition or letter-mixture may come first.

1a and 7a "Pop music's palm/ that abba's surely won" In chunk of text a rapturous paper's run? (7,4)
1d and 2d A judge's seat most lucrative can be - he made a lot and ended a grandee (4,10)

Any help gratefully received to help me make a start!

xwordfan - it's actually a lot easier than it looks, though 1 across is an obscureish word. Definition is palm and the letter run starts at Abba.

7 ac. is 'chunk of text' and is contained in
'a rapturous'

1 down - definition is a judges seat

2 down - definition is a grandee and it ends at 'and'

Thanks cmk i shall proceed!

To avoid confusion, 2d starts with 'a lot', not 'and'.