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16A. Followed the trail, we hear, for this region (5)
T ? A ? ?
20A. Making a wicked come-back is likely to give one a shock (5)
? ? I ? E
17D. subjected to an exacting system (5)
? ? ? e ? d

Tract sounds like tracked
Alive, as in electricity a + evil reversed
17 please confirm whether 5 or 6 and the letter positions.

17. taxed (if 5 letters)

Thank you Jazzgirl and Ginge, sorry 17D has 5 letters. All sorted now.