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Some help will be appreciated for the following, please:

6a Hood cleans out, applying pressure( 7, 2 words):
L??SC??
16a Move rapidly and tread lightly to start with, when jogging(6): ?A????
17a Drink with these trifles!(6): ??RA??
26a Come down to earth with a bump(9,hyphened):
?RA????N?
39a Feeling sad, even nervous, starting to confess(7):
??NS???

Thanks in advance!

6 lens cap.

26 crash land?

26a crash land
39a s e n sing

17a straws

16a dartle

16 Dartle, move rapidly. Anagram of 'tread' and the 'l' at the beginning of 'lightly'.
17 Straws.

Many thanks to all for the help!

The last two:

37a Composer is brought back in irons, writhing(7):
?OS??N?
28d Hydrocarbon obtained from oil with iron and nitrogen mixed(6): ??EP?N

And just to confirm if the following unclued letters are right:

15a ?EE?E
24a PRINCIPLE
30a PANC??S??
33 ?INDAR

3d BO?T
4d SCHLEMIHL
29d R??E?T

Many thanks in advance!

Composer is Rossini.