Thanks for the last answers just a few to finish off
27d... and down to go for an all-time low (4)p???
24d it epitomises shylocks skulguggery... (5)?s???
25a get a job,lose a job, you do it either way... (4,2)???n,?n
28a no end of ebony about for this spurious practitioner(4-6)???e-?e????