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The state of play is much better than when I last came on here, with especial thanks to Brendan's apparent insomnia.

However I'm still stuck on a few, especially in the lower half.

One exception to this is :
9D - German associate who shall be nameless attracting ironic response (9)
F?I?D?I?H
Also wouldn't object to help with :
46A - Fellow training in the past, not initially in shape (8)
H?????O?
57A - Raise meaning of belief every so often (7)
E?N????
&
58A - Expertly trained, our side left with one medal, unexpectedly (4-5)
W???-??M?D

As usual some of these letters may be misleading

58. well armed?

9 Friedrich ?

9. Friedrich (Frie(n)d and (that's) Rich).
46. Heptagon
57 Ennoble (raise, every second letter in 'mEaN...')

57. ennoble

Friedrich? Friend - associate without n - name with rich - ironic response( as in that's rich)?

Thanks to all who replied.

I thought of FRIEDRICH but couldn't for the life of me "see" the missing "n".

Guessed ENNOBLE but couldn't, again work it out.

Thanks, again, to those with sharper minds. I shall now wrestle with the remaining few

well-aimed looks better

we l(eft) + i (one) + medal(anag)
well aimed