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Stuck on two to finish - any help appreciated.
23a Something one could play by oneself (5) N _ A _ _
20d Beastly male excesses, hollow legs (6) _ _ _ G _ S

23 Apart, by oneself. A Part, something one could play
20 Stages, legs (0f a race, say) Stag + (l ) EG (s).

Many thanks, malone.

Pretty tough this week (for this solver). Stuck in NW corner.

Chemical processing hides missing gallons (6) T*N***

Green light and how it was transmitted (6) A*S*** Possibly ASSENT but not certain

Certainly ASSENT, and TANNIN(G)

20d STAG + E(cesse)S

StevieGee, thanks for the correct Stages - I will have to learn to scroll up and down properly, remember the wording of clues etc!

Thanks, quisling. I had blinkers on "chemical processing" instead of "processing hides"

You’re welcome, kenhiggs. It was a decent piece of misdirection

24ac
Absorbed by dance music, zip about feeling giddy (8)

- W - O - I - G

Presumably SWOONING.

I can see SWING for dance music but can't parse OON/NOO for zip (about).

Considering that I nearly had to ask the answer to
Writer's epigram, not entirely to the point (5)
before realising it was a hidden word, I may well have missed something simple.