23 Sounds like we can spot an old sailor for what is famous here (6)
27 Grit van turns into stoking 12 sheaves (7)
30 one's dwarf flan - just as I am (7.6)
32 marry any eel? tall structure: the tallest gatehouse in the UK in fact (5.6.5)
35 is this what we hear in Thurrock and Southend?
Essex girls quiz dame Nellie was heard from them 95 years ago a micron mix( 7)
Toilet favourite aloud Lord lieutenant (4, 7)
Staffing plane for us smallest town (11)