Herald

[dave1948]

Last three
1d Force a return for sickly champ (4)
???W
4d Chronicles chief priest with a woman after only half the witnesses appear (8)
???O?A?A
5a They are placed opposite against the work of Schubert in the poet school (9)
???A?O???

[dave1948]

1d Is Gnaw
5a is then ?N??A?O???

[dannyk13]

Dave, is 5a. 9 or 10 letters?

[dave1948]

5a is ?N?A?O???
Antagoras ?

[elliemay1]

5a Has it 9 or 10 letters??

[dave1948]

Hi Danny it is 9 letters as above

[Mamyalynne]

5 Antipodes?

[dave1948]

Thank you Mamyalynne That would put one wrong but I am sure you are right

4d is now
?E?O?A?A

[Mamyalynne]

Sorry Dave, not seeing it.

[dave1948]

Thank you Mamyalynne

There is one another (resulting from Antipodes)
2d Folks from Tyrone take on Mull (7)
?I?T?R?

[fiction-factory]

Kintyre

[fiction-factory]

Was that the exact clue though?

[fiction-factory]

panorama fits the pattern

[dave1948]

Thank you Fiction Factory and yes that was the clue

[fiction-factory]

Forget that- doesn't fit the clue at all

[dave1948]

4d if Mamyalyne's answer is correct which I think it is is
?E?O?A?A

I had seen panorama too but how would it fit the clue ?

[donny48]

4 Jehoiada

[donny48]

4 Jehovah-known. (1.) The father of Benaiah, who was one of David’s chief warriors (2 Sam. 8:18; 20:23).

(2.) The high priest at the time of Athaliah’s usurpation of the throne of Judah. He married Jehosheba, or Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram (2 Chr. 22:11), and took an active part along with his wife in the preservation and training of Jehoash when Athaliah slew all the royal family of Judah.

[fiction-factory]

The clue just seems to have too many elements for me to get my head around, sorry.

[donny48]

Now trying to parse.

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. Must be right, donny