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Almost full grid except some in TLHC, hints appreciated with some of the following:
1a Shortcomings fade after book becomes a rarity (9, two words) ?L?S??N?M
17a Feel intimidation from one who intimidates (5) CO??A (COWER ?)
1d City fan catching end of tour (4) ?RE?
3d Acting and favouring new stage (5) ?PH??
5d Waste silk, mostly weakened, ripped apart by children (7) ??A?PPO
I have identified four clashes along the bottom row.

1 b lacks wan
17 cower
1 b(r)ug
3 a pro n
5 s(ch)appe

Thanks kilgore trout, I'll try and get my head around how these were arrived at

Help, please! I have filled the grid except for
9d - I have AL_KEY
26a O_PU and
32a S_ACK
I have eight clashes but not a clue where to go from here.
Taking that number (in the original language) etc.
I'm really stuck..... Any gentle hints appreciated!

9d, the key in question is next to the space bar on your keyboard

26 ogpu, secret police

32 smack, a quadruple def.!

The language is german.

Thanks Kilgore trout, I see it all now! Can't think how I missed it before as I had gone through all the languages I could think of, including German.

...surely 1D is brum

surely.

Phew...

Think I've got a bit confused with this one.
I have thirteen clashes.
Coordinates from BLHC are (across, up):
(4,1), (5,1), (8,1), (10,1), (6,7), (3,9), (5,9), (1,11), (3,11), (6,11), (4,13), (7,13) & (9,13).
If these are correct then how is the appending achieved?