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Thanks, Aristo.

About 4 more to go at the bottom.

Oh, THAT kind of straying. thanks for the hints.
I googled abbreviations for error and there were over 700!
Yes it is fun but I am struggling all the same. Does "back row" refer to American Football?

back row - just a typical cryptic indication - nothing to do with sports.

Rosalind re 28: def. is "speaker" (not a person -- think hi-fi); take the first preposition seriously, and the last word literally! OK?

Thank you, got that now and done about two thirds with much pencil chewing.

Another nice puzzle, spoilt slightly by 7 but by elimination "a + c" have to be the unchecked letters giving lilacs. I couldn't find the solution posted but I'm interested to know if a comment accompanied the solution and whether such "slips" are more than occasional in case I end up tearing what's left of my hair out in future? That aside, loved 19 and 23 and it's not a reflection of my lifestyle, honest Guv!

You no doubt saw that this was mentioned earlier in this thread; it drove me nuts. I just looked at the Harper's archives and found:
NOTE: The clue for 7 was not an accurate reversal. The clue should have read
“Phone back around one Sunday for the Bushes.” Due apologies given.

Cheers aristo, I genuinely didn't read the comments on the thread until afterwards and spent quite a bit of time trying alternatives until adopting the approach of solving all the rest leaving "a +c". Hasn't put me off and I like the preamble giving the number of proper nouns and "foreign" words, our British "qualities" should consider doing the same!