Further Help Saturday Times

[Sallyforth]

1ac fruit starter for some,followed by fish (8).
13d pet goes round most of day trying to catch mice, say? (10).
?r?d?c???s. Many thanks in advance.

[donny48]

13 predicates

[elliemay1]

predacious

[donny48]

1 trifling

[elliemay1]

pre da cious (precious around da(y)

[emeritus]

1 Seen as SHADDOCK ?

[donny48]

Ellies answer for 13 is the one .

[elliemay1]

^ precious is a synonym of pet

[emeritus]

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/shaddock

[dannyk13]

Predacious - da(y) inside precious(pet)

[donny48]

That would make sense,Emeritus, my answer was spur of the moment.

[Sallyforth]

Thanks everyone ,thought it was predacious but could not parse it and one across just baffled me totally .one of these days I may finish one of these crosswords without help. Until then I console myself with with the thought I am learning new things everyday.