Dt Prize Crossword 282

[Harvster69]

Some more please...
9d Austere clergyman turned up in diocese [6] ?E?E?? (is it Severe? If so how)
22d Conduct a meeting, perhaps, about musical [5] C???? (is it chair? if so how?)
18d Cut in half, dry in part [6] ??S???


Any help gratefully received

[emeritus]

9d Yes Rev reversed in See

[scorpiojo]

See (diocese) + rev
Yes - c(about) Hair (musical)
18 bi sec t

[Psybbo]

C hair

[bibblebub]

22d) about = C [circa], musical = HAIR

18d) dry = SEC, part = BIT -> BISECT

[Harvster69]

Thank you all... your help is much appreciated... still trying to get to grips with the cryptic questions... but loving the challenge