29a. Composed of or relating to any joint association of Northern European states (5,6) T-a-d-a-t-c
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17d. Any writer, let's stress, can do it on paper (9) -n-e-l-n-
16d. Onceupontime ...we'd rather have it cut short (1,4,5) A -o-g-t-r-
24d. Down you go, shrink (5) -o-e-