Fri D Mail 14,397

[bryand]

Please help me to get started!!
1a) Shells explode in a gas. (7)
5a) Hands over father's fruits (6)
16d) Frustrate the endless conflict of time (6)
Sorry I haven't any letters

[dannyk13]

1a.Ammonia ( ammo = anagram of in a)
5a.Paw pa s
16d. Th(e)war t

[bryand]

Thanks danny, could you please look at the following:
2d) A degree of complex facts and ceremonies (6,2,7)
4d) Old savings scheme picked up something valuable (5)
7d) A wet oscular mush after getting sloshed?
16a) Relocated 4s etc. setting legal precedents (4,5)

[dannyk13]

2d.Master of science
4d.Asset
7d.Walrus moustache (anagram of wet oscular mush)
16a.Test cases ( anagram of assets + etc)

[velkom]

5a should be pawpas but if 7 down is walrus moustache it doesn"t fit ?

[dannyk13]

Pa pa ws (sorry for the typo)

[bryand]

No problem with the typo, last two
12d) He's resigned to intruding this way (5)
19a) Serving pheasant, say, as ploy to gain advantage (7,4)

[dannyk13]

12d S to ic
19a.Waiting game

[mojay]

stoic
waiting game

[bryand]

Thanks again dannyk13 and mojay. Best wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year!!