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[DoubtMaster]

13d-in the U.K, one of the home counties (6) C?R?E?
9d- -- Snicket, charecter in A Series of Unfortunate Events (5) J???B
24d- common name of the genus of shrubs chaenomeles(8) ?A???I?A
53a- song by American hard-rock band Kiss (5) D???E

[Mamyalynne]

9 Jacob

[dannyk13]

13d Dorset
9d. Lemony

[Mamyalynne]

24 japonica

[dannyk13]

Ignore Lemony ( senior moment)

[Wharton]

24d japonica

[factor-fiction]

I can't think of any Kiss singles that match those letters and I doubt they'd use an album track

[Captain2]

53 Deuce

[Celticv11]

Is 13 surrey?

[Mamyalynne]

Deuce

[sunny-dave]

Dorset isn't usually thought of as one of the 'home counties' - I'd guess at Surrey

[dannyk13]

24d. Japonica

[factor-fiction]

Drive fits but that was The Cars

[DoubtMaster]

thanks =)

[factor-fiction]

Deuce will be right but it seems a strange choice as it was an album track from 1974 and wasn't a single, but it seems it is a favourite at concerts