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Help please- 22d - In Paris wastrel’s boastful behaviour’s baseless, concealing rabidness intermittently (7)
[ there may be a redundant letter} . I have VA?R ?EN
Also: 30a - frame hero finally that’s member of Great quintet (4);I have E??E

22 Your letters are correct. A five-letter word for 'boastful behaviour' with the last letter missing. Inside that is 'rabidness intermittently', the usual crossword device/tactic. You have two of the three letters...

30 I got the answer from it being one of the 'Great quintet' - think geography, the Great...

Thank you Malone. Now I have a complete grid except for 3 down which must be an anagram to fit with the perimeter but I haven’t got all the 27 superfluous letters. I had a character's name for 3 down....am I on the right lines?

Glad I could help., Yes, I have a name at 3 Down.

Another push??? The name I have at 3 down doesn’t fit with the perimeter...

i have 7,6 starts with S ...ends in N ...but may be wrong ...i'm not as far on as you 2!

Same as me xwordfan but the perimeter answers I have don’t fit....

Ive just seen the light xwordfan. You will get there. Thank you.

Once you have worked out the hidden message for solvers the apparent ambiguity will resolve itself.

Jogamel, glad you got there! I didn't say too much earlier as I enjoyed the 'I see it now!' moment.