1) disaster for a plain girl (8,4) 2) ancient parent with a big issue (3,3,5,3,5,2,1,4) 3) a playful prod from this parent (6,5) (mother goose?) 4) oil (7) 5) he fell from grace in a nasty way (6) 6) parimonious fellow (7) 7) fall off while looking for gold (5,3) 8) regal purity (3,4,5) 9) billy's bones were not buried here (8,8)
any help or clues would be gratefully received. thanks in advance bb