This is a message thread that discusses various methods of removing clicks from vinyl.
https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/odd-repeating-low-energy-distortion-in-recorded-lp/49039/1
There is a process that can do a wonderful job repairing the distortion…one click at a time. Can’t take you more than six months.
I think one of the other elves is more up to speed on this than I am.
Koz