Rt 40

[redglenys]

help needed please to get going
11a do better than travelling troupe with class [10]
12a vodka sting is troubling for tv presenter [5,7]
18 cosmopolitan is so pathetic when upset [12]
20a restlessly ailing, i'd follow doctor` and artist [10]
2d cobblers mock small beer [10]
9d highest altitude traing for 1990s drama [4,8]
13d job-related thingput back in a volcano that,s erupted [10
7d crafty old fiend fled from battle [7,4]

[aelmpvw]

12a sandi toksvig

[mac44]

11a outperform

[mac44]

18. sophisticate

[Lie-in King]

11a Outperform - anag 'troupe' + 'form'
12a Sandi Toksvig - anag 'vodka sting is'
18a Sophisticate - anag 'is so pathetic'
20a Modiglliani - 'MO' (doc) + anag 'ailing Im'
2d Cod-s-wallop
9d Peak Practice
13d Vocational - 'it' (back, in) anag 'a volcano'
7d Flodden Field - anag 'old fiend fled' (7,5)

[mac44]

2a. Modigliani

[Lie-in King]

Apologies for the typo -

20a Modigliani

[donny48]

7 flodden field

[jim360]

11a outperform (anag. "troupe" + form)
12a Sandi Toksvig (anag. "vodka sting is")
18a Sophisticate (anag. "is so pathetic")
20a Modigliani (anag. "ailing I'd" after MO)
2d Codswallop (Cod + S + Wallop)
9d Peak Practice (Peak + Practice)
13d Vocational (it, reversed, in anag. "a volcano")
7d Flodden Field (anag. "old fiend fled")

[jim360]

Let someone else have a chance LIK :P

[redglenys]

Thank you all for your help. I hope to get further now.