4616 Sunday Times

[velkom]

I thought Dean Mayer was hard!!!!
16d p?????i?e Rodent or cat initially up in tree (9)
18a ?e?r?e ???????n Troops around here go off musician (6,8)
4a ???????s Plant from a North American bog like this (8)
10a r???s???? Hospital doctor injecting substance right into backside(9)
TIA

[scorpiojo]

Registrar

[AlwaysConfused]

porcupine

[writesbad]

18a answered before: George Harrison

[dannyk13]

16d.P or c up ine

[Neveracrossword]

18 George Harrison
4 Acanthus, plant - A Can/bog/loo and thus/like this.

[dannyk13]

4a.Acanthus?

[scorpiojo]

A can thus

[GidgieGirl]

This puzzle is published two weeks after your Sunday times so I am just now fighting with this one. Can someone please parse 18a for me? Specifically where do troops come in?

[kettledrum]

18d anagram of 'go here' inside garrison

[BlackadderV]

Garrison (troop barracks) around anag of here go.