23d) PM once included Liberal in one of his ministries (6)
26d) Cut up old game (4)
29a) Using persuasion, small monks hope to get out of order (6-6)
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5down: Eyepiece -sort of bad value. I see the possibility of an anagram of 'value'. But that would not fit with my answer to 1A: 'Inmost self'.
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