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I suspect that the R is wrong. I think it's an anagram

So, I’ve decided that 30a is my COD (amongst stiff opposition). It has taken me until now to satisfactorily parse it 🤦‍♂️

Flanges on tart in play - blart (5)

13/17 is mine Raffles!

Indeed Reg, when the great Book of Anagrams is written that one shall grace its frontispiece.

Struggling a lot with my last four clues, I've got everything else:

27 across
30 across
2 down

With 13/19 I was sure I had it as APRHODITES EVOSTICK which is in the Profanisaurus and means 9 across, but 16 and 22 across which I'm almost certain are correct don't fit with this (also you can't have a word with an apostrophe in crosswords, can you?)

Hi schmuck
You need a different adhesive! Work it out from the anagram.

btw yes you can have apostrophes in crosswords. They are usually ignored in the enumeration, so APHRODITE'S would be given as (10) rather than (9'1).

Thanks, I got it after a bit of googling (never heard of that particular adhesive). I got 27a as well as a result (again, never heard that term before...).

Still got no clue on 30a and 2d but I'm sure they'll come to me.

Schmuck

2d is a syonym for 9a - look closely at the clue.

As Chrise says, you've the wrong glue and can work it out from the anagram. It was a precursor to superglue.

Thanks everyone, I think I have the full puzzle solved now.

Still not really sure of the wordplay in 30a though, but am I correct in thinking the definition is "blart" as a synecdoche?