Could do with help with the last 4 viz
4 down King's story - what happens T?? ?C???? : 9 across Oxford's version of Shakespeare ? ?E ?E??; 13 across parking in an Indian city is somewhere a long way to the west ?E?S?? (last letter is 7th letter of 3 down) 25 across Haggard old lady's muffler turning heads? G?G?O? - looks like GIGLOT but dont get it
mra1, glad De Vere worked. I think you confused us all slightly by your posts showing the clue numbers and letter counts changing - it was hard to see what was needed!
Thank you very much everyone - I appear to have wreaked total havoc for which I apologise most sincerely. I shall now leave everyone in peace to recover!