@rhonda lee,
Suggest the following:
23a elizabethian trumpet fanfair 6 letters _ _ ck_s,
TUCKET check that 's'
28d, abstact painting genre 5 letters [2-3] o_a_ _ ,
OP ART
12d wright bros airfield site 9 letters [5-4] _ _ _ _ _ h_ _ k,
KITTY HAWK
54a dna molecule segment 4 letters e_ _n,
EXON
58a independent[species] 9 letters _ _ _ b _ _ _ c,
SYMBIOTIC fits but unsure