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what is the extraneous clue?

Boson
26A but in the print version only

Ah, I see it has now been removed.

All finished apart from the parsing of 12a. I see what others have alluded to regarding the corners of the chains but isn't there something more than that? Or maybe I'm stating something so obvious that no-one's bothered mentioning it? I think all the words in Chain 1 have something in common. The last 2 words in Chain 2 also have something in common but I can't see how the first 2 words would fit. Maybe I'm barking up the proverbial?

12a parses: 3-letter word for scoundrel reversed + 4-letter preposition for in possession of minus last letter

Thanks, prospero. How on earth I missed that I don’t know.

Stuck on 14 and 15. I have everything else apart from the nearby chain word at "&". I think if someone can push me in the right direction on 15 the others will be clear. I have the 3rd letter and there is a solution that fits that is from another language though common enough it is understood by English speakers although I can't see the wordplay for it.

Def of 14 is last word of clue?

I assume so, yes. I have 2 options but one would make sense if the clue said "skint" instead of "skit"

Not done the puzzle yet so just looked at clues. 15 again I think def is last word. A L*** less last letter