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Stuck. 27a Rubber ring rarely animated dog when picked up.
?R?M?T GROMET would fit the definition, but
1d Australia: s flag raised welcoming a very literary family.
K???????V Possibly ends with
ZOV or SOV.
TIA

Gromet, the ring, sounds like Gromit, the dog in Wallace and Gromit,animated cartoon, films etc.

27 Gromet - rubber ring , sounds like Gromit 'picked up/heard'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_and_Gromit

1d Karamazov

Australia: a flag raised - Oz a mark - up round 'a' + 'v'(very)

Thanks everyone, I 'll see if I can finish it now.

Come back if stuck - I've completed and have a parse for most if not all.

Wasn't an easy one.