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Thank you Malone. Got it.
I need please: doctor with universal piercing instrument.

Jogamel, glad that helped.

Doctor... is another undefined clue. Just put three components (doctor, universal, instrument) together.

Thanks malone.

It makes sense now.

I have the whole of the right grid filled in but very little on the left....
Stuck on...
1. Shock disappearance is bound to divide American intelligence community (8) ..... starts with A

2. County briefly adopts Act of Congress retrospectively (8) ........starts with B
is BEDS the county here?

3. Singer's affected clothing beginning to take after God (8, two words )

1. It's much easier than is seems - shock disappearance is the definition (and 'shock' doesn't mean startle). American +Bound+ Intelligence community.
2 Yes, Beds is the county. Remember the wording in the preamble...

3 My answer fits the first word in the clue, but am not sure how it parses.

Thanks Malone ... got the shock one....still pondering on the other one ...undefined?

Yes, Bunty - undefined (the Beds one).

The singer one parses

Mars (god)

Affected is hit

Around T

To give Marsh tit

bunty, I am sure you have figured the 2 and 3.
I spent a lot of time on it. So here goes:

2. Act of Congress is not law. It is the other kind. 4 letters.

3. God is Red in the sky. Affect or affected results in the same three letter answer. T from take is inserted. (5,3)