Myops

[davey b]

Upas-tree on the other side from a river ?N?I?R
Noah's son's children lack energy for strikes ?M?T?S
Help with housework to gratify ?B???E
Policeman on regular beat ?I?T???T

[Toorak]

2 s(e)mites

[donny48]

4 district

[elliemay1]

oblige

[bookbinder]

3 oblige

[donny48]

1 antiar

[bookbinder]

1 antiar

[davey b]

Thanks folks.Can anyone please parse OBLIGE?

[donny48]

Bump

[Calibax]

Are there redundant words in this crossword? (Housework). Oblige means both Help with and gratify

[Captain2]

Found a very similar clue with 'oblige' as the answer too

Is help with housework bind? (6)

don't know wether that sheds any light on it - not to me.

[Captain2]

Ooops ^^^ whether

[dannyk13]

This explains the bind connection, but can't find any connection to housework.
Oblige derived via Middle English and Anglo-French from Latin obligare ("to bind to"), a combination of ob- ("to or toward") and ligare ("to bind")

[bookbinder]

I know that to oblige can mean to help with housework, but I can't find any concrete evidence to back that up. This the nearest I could find:
http://www.danword.com/crossword/Help_with_housework_to_gratify