The Very Logical Prize Puzzle N0. 275

[Matakari]

Seeking some help for the following, please!

ACROSS:
10, 29 Red wine grape...expose to moisture for domesticated creature(6}
?????T
11 Herbal plants appear when Scottish water receives direction(7):
Y?????S
12 Tickled rib? Let's show a little bit(7): D?I????
23 She tickled me fancy in charming song(5): N????

DOWN:

7 Carcass waste sounds pretty bad(5): O????
8 Wish otherwise, lose the head and get the bird(5): E????
17,16 Cease to grow old with point measurement(6): A?EL??

Many thanks in advance!

[scooping]

7. Offal

[Captain2]

7d Offal - sounds like awful

[sandyRoe]

10a Muscat ?

[chelle7272]

8 (r)egret

[maurice]

12 dribble (included, plus "b")

[maurice]

11 yarrows

[sunny-dave]

10 : Ferret

[sunny-dave]

Fer is a red grape
Ret means expose to moisture

Ferret - domesticated creature

[Captain2]

Surprisingly BlackadderV has just posted this on another thread

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question1381948.html

[Captain2]

That is of course for 23a

[BlackadderV]

I hadn't seen this thread. I was replying to the song, Billy Boy, which we used to sing a junior school.

[BlackadderV]

If I remember correctly (it is a long time ago) the full verse went:

Where have you been all the day, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Where have you been all the day, my Billy Boy?
I've been walking all the day,
With my charming Nancy Gray,
And my Nancy tickled my fancy,
Oh, my charming Billy Boy!

[Matakari]

23 A is still giving some trouble ( She tickled me fancy in charming song - 5 -: N????
and 16/17 Down: Cease to grow old with point measurement(6): A?EL?? ( or: L??A?E )

[scorpiojo]

Nancy

[redtrev]

5 Nancy

[redtrev]

Linage?

[Matakari]

Many thanks, all!