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malone - think the preamble should say 16d as that's a proper noun along with 5a's anagram

Sudokulover, thanks - peterm answered my query earlier on this thread, but it was good of you to help.

Just to confirm, the newspaper version does say 16 down.
This is not the first time that the paper has the correct details but the online one does not - you would think it would be the other way round.

I have also 'finished', but can't quite get 34a:
Sewing-case, something kept in boudoir once (4).
The answer is in the middle of 'boudoir once', and one may have kept a weapon in one's boudoir once, but whence the 'sewing case'? (I penciled in 'etui' before i got the hang of the game!)...

P.S. And don't understand obvious answer to 23d.

The sewing case isn't 'etui' (for a change!). It's a Japanese one - inro.

I thought that was for pills!

Wiki says they were for anything small, most often 'identity seals and medicines'. I was happy enough with 'iron' anyway!

Many thanks, Malone!
Will now post whole clue to 23d, for those new to this thread. I was thinking 'teenager' might have to do with it, but can't explain the 'truly' and 'thankless' :
"Truly 'thankless child' , last character to move to centre scale?".
I have all the letters except the first, which I can't explain except in the definition.

I think the "thankless child" is Regan, as in King Lear. It will give you an anagram meaning "scale". I can't really explain the "last character to move to centre" bit (Regan to renga?) as doesn't seem to add anything.