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6a Terrible excursion around island with a decorator's assistant (5,8).
Looks like 'paint stripper', but I can't parse it (except for seeing the 'trip' which might have something to do with the 'excursion' in the clue).

50d Readily available patent number withdrawn (2,3)
On tap?

6 "pants" is a slang word for terrible, around I for island, then "tripper" (excursion???)

50 PAT NO backwards

I think perhaps excursion is trip and “a” is “per”.

Thanks.