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1d. The valance of a bed (4). P???
9d. A paternal first cousin (8). ?A?R?E?L
10a,23d Government seen as too
Protective/authoritarian (5,5)
??N?I. S?A?E

The last letter of 10 is wrong, I think.

The last letter for 10a is I
3d Scottish name for tell-tale is clipe

I agree with ChrisE - I think it ends in Y

CLYPE
PARALLEL
NANNY STATE

Could "clype" be an alternative spelling?

Yes.
It is "clype".

Thanks but I think parallel is wrong I have different letters in.

Hi, Sorry to muddy the waters further but in 1D Is the first letter correct? The only two words I can find are VEIL or OLEO but I may be way off beam.

1d begins with a p as 1a is pyracantha