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Contract to absolve 50 (7)
5d. ??r????

shrivel = contract (def)
shrive - absolve
l - 50

2s Change for ...(7) p??????
2d Is upon hauf a relative? (7)
??b?I?g
16d Material for building (6)
?p?r??

2d Sibling?

What is the clue number for your first clue?

16d. Fabric?

2d Is up on gauds relative....
Si (is, reversed) + bling

1a ChaRge for... postage?

As most regular Wee Stinker solvers will know, nearly every week (there have been a few exceptions), Myops will link the first two across clues together. In yesterday's puzzle 1A & 5A are a well known alternative to a franking machine.

That quite often helps to get a start.

Thanks, seamus ayrshire. I noticed that only recently.
23a is "A gage cut back 20.".
I have delta which I can't parse except I thought gage cut back could be del, a gage being a pledge. For 20d, I have rider.
Thanks!

Could 20d be RIVER, and 23a be VOLGA ..A GLOV(E), gage, cut, reversed?