Radio Times Christmas Prize Crossword

[ellie44]

sorry but I have 6 left
17a presented girl with building already erected 6 2 ?i???d /??
23a before you endless annoy, be liable to shoot 7 ?e???i?
44a discuss terms about small plant 7 ?r?s?e?
4d ducks follow soldiers to the hills 7 ?e?d???
18d avoiding commitment to boundary 7 ????ing
37d return medal on american evening for vulcanised rubber 7 e?o?i?e
any help would be appreciated thank you

[Captain2]

17 Di-shed Up

[scorpiojo]

44 Par s ley
4 Men dips

[Captain2]

37 EBO-nite

[scorpiojo]

23 Tend ril(e)

[scorpiojo]

18 Hedging?

[ellie44]

thankyou captain2 and scorpiojoe by filling these answers in I think the other 2 are hedging (boundary) and tendril (shoot) and I spelt egalitarianism wrong thank you both again happy Christmas to you both

[scorpiojo]

Happy Christmas, Ellie :)

[ellie44]

oh sorry scorpio I now see that you have already got there thanks again

[kencrawley]

Not finished yet either but how about the following

44A Parsley (parley and s for small)

4D Mendips : Men = soldiers : dips = ducks as in duck your head down

18D Fencing as in skirting round the issue and a boundary

37D Ebonite (OBE backwards and USA spelling of night)

Still stuck on 1D , 17A and 23A

Ken

[scorpiojo]

Look up, Ken ^

Do you want to give us the clue for 1d?