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[fuzzy-brain]

28a: Steers around outskirts of Yancheng, looking for gas. (6) _ _ _ _ E _
32a: Syap? Acquire more than half a dozen. (4,4) _ _ _ _ _ _ E _
26d: As eaten by the Chinese in unusually cheerful mood. (6) _ _ _ T _ _ (but I'm not certain about the 'T').
Any ideas please?

[tyrepill]

26a Ox(yg)en

[ubasses]

28 oxygen

[tyrepill]

26d unusua(ly chee)rful

[ubasses]

26 lychee

[quizbrew]

32a gets even (get seven)

[tyrepill]

32a Pays over ??

[dxhound2003]

Syap pays back gets even.

[quizbrew]

32a forgot to also mention syap = pays back(ward)

[fuzzy-brain]

Many thanks to both of you. Now that puts my 30a incorrect. Clue is: Have a shed in an English town? (6) I answered 'Barnet' but it's now _ _ _ _ _ H.

[tyrepill]

Scrub that ...Gets Even is far better

[fuzzy-brain]

Great answers! Very many thanks.

[dxhound2003]

Slough

[fuzzy-brain]

Thanks for that, dxhound2003, though I don't get the connection between clue and answer.

[dxhound2003]

Double definition. Slough (pronounced sluff) is to shed skin eg like a snake.

[fuzzy-brain]

I would never have got that one, dxhound2003. Thanks a lot.