Thanks for your help must have something hopelessly wrong in this top corner.
14 across weapon (7) C?????E I have carbine which gave me the R in seen and the I in Holiday.
got it sorted now. Seen was SPOTTED weapon was CUTLASS 11 was LEAVE as you said and disliked was unpopular and not displeased and reptile was grass snake. Wow. Thanks again you put me on the right road