Bare Bones 18/12

[Toronto]

I've just ran through the last 43 pages of this site and can find no questions for the above crossword. Does everyone know the answers or is it that it just for a Dictionary?thesarus. I just can't get into this compilers head at all. Can you help?

Smashing decanter vandals will find they havent long to go (two words) !% letters

Good walker who will take a chance ((7) ???????

Part of a poem retained by American toddler (5) ?????

Fifty female sheep in East Sussex town (5) ??w??

Mother saves girl having desert food (5) ????a

Woman visited north east gets insecticide (7 I think)

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Go in upset when entering diocese as well-groomed female (7 I think) ????n??

Many thanks

[beerbelly]

Hi ,Toronto . hope you had a good christmas .
i think ,like me most people were too buisy with the two jumbo crosswords in the mail& express , then the skeleton . and did not bother with the dictionary or pen x-words .

good walker who will take a chance is GAMBLER
fifty female sheep is LEWES

[beerbelly]

no.1 = advent calendar
no.2 = canto

[geo0939]

Desert food could be MANNA

[geo0939]

Last ons is anag: of GOINSEE . SOIGNEE.