1a - Almost startling close American relative - (7) - ????k?e
1d - Checked out couple of yarns for material evidence (7) - ??????m
9a - Gods' favourite tipples (7) - ????a?s
11a - They get what's coming to them legally (5) - ????s
2d - We hear knock-back after bird could be a knock-down (7) - ??????n