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16D Dabbled in a bit of showmanship and carried weight (9)

S?AT?ERED

Looking like MATTER (for weight) inside SED?

29D Sloanes, say, go on about the essence of England (4)

?AL?

30A Irritable king stepped forward in a crabby way (60)

?N?RL?

SNARLY?

29 Ga(l)s

But wouldn't Sloanes be GELS?

(Not being serious!)

Might 16 be SPATTERED, with PATTER for the bit of showmanship?

Thanks guys for your sterling help and good humour :)

carried weight = mattered; bit of showmanship = 's' => smattered