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ChrisE: thanks for the reply - I was thinking it must be that, but I still can't make it chime.

Ffawkes, perhaps…
I’m going to the shop to get milk.
I’m going to the shop ??? milk.

Jono: ah, yes, thank you!

Hi all. Quick solve but some fun along the way. CODs 14d and 11a - after the penny dropped. Thanks geeked for explaining 4d - I was misdirected by a 4l lower verb (as in hats). However I can’t fully parse 6d - though I’m confident of the answer. Don’t think this has been discussed already, can anyone shed light?

And by 11a, I of course meant 12a

Hi gamma
6d parses as first four and last letters around 3 letters which are a word shortened by one letter.

Finished at last FOI 8a LOI 2d
COD the fiendishly clever 12a also 17a 8d 13a

Thanks Fed for a good workout

A prize-worthy Fed, I thought.
Agreed with the consensus that 12a is a super bit of cluing. (I had not spotted the masterful indirection).
I'm still struggling to parse 6d - I'm assuming 'cabinet mostly' is a 4 reduced to 3 but I can't find a 4 that fits.

I took the deleted letter as E

Same here Chris, and Chambers thesaurus confirms it.