Spoke coarsely, being affected by baleful invocations, (2,4), ?u ?s?d
Dubious description of the hold of a drifter?, (5), ???h?
Instructions that are carried out in the main, (7,6), ??i?ing ???e??
Thank you both,boxtops Where I got the u was from another clue which was, Dress lacking variety, for which I thought was uniform, but perhaps that is wrong.