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7d is a 7 letter word that means going to the toilet begins with t??k??d

It has an l removed to make an unusual 6 letter word that means emitting a high pitched noise

Any hints for 9 and for 23a please?

9- in a state of tension

K(kirkpatrick) + 4 letter word for assessed begns with e

Both the answer and the llast part of the wordplay are often followed by up

23a 4 letter answer begins with k. Definition quit as in a habit

Thanks djawhufc. Never heard of that word for high pitched sound . Now for some reverse engineering to get answers for across clues . Or perhaps not worth the effort !!

Thank you DJA. 23 had almost given me sleepless nights, tho I did realise it wasn't absolutely necessary.

A really useful internet aid for identifying these meassages hidden in the initial letters of superfluous words is chris fa johnson's wordfinder:

http://cfaj.freeshell.org/wordfinder/

For example, if you search for 'words matching' and type in the intial letters for the last 4 clues as follows:

[kaciasot][opctsb][fasdpc][fcbetin]

you will get a list of 30 possible words, including CODE. It didn't take long to establish the entire message using this method, thereby providing invaluable help for solving the clues and entering their answers.