Dm Thurs Cryptic

[kamanu15]

5D A large number of lenses need grinding about 500 (7)
4D weep at supper you finally prepared (9) S???P????E
9A during holiday, I'd initially experienced current threat (4,3) T?D?/??P
6D conversion involves weird rite- rewriting letters (15)
Is 15A SEPIA? Clue brownish underwater discharge (5)
Thanks

[Nical]

5 Endless, a large number - anagram of Lenses and D, 500.

[Nical]

4 Suppurate, weep (of a sore, ulcer etc). anagram of 'at supper' and the 'u' at the end of 'you'.

[Nical]

9 Tide Rip I'd e(xperienced) inside Trip

[emmie]

tide rip?? if so shouldn't that be the other way around

[emmie]

15 looks right

[klazomaniac]

6d TRANSL iter ATION

[Nical]

Emmie, Tide Rip is defined as 'a swift tidal current'.

[kamanu15]

Thank you . If 6D is Transliteration what is 25A characteristic sign of punctured lobe? I have ear???? - what can it be?
also 23D information describing knockout military aircraft (6)
thank you

[emmie]

earhole?

[Toorak]

23 Dakota

[kamanu15]

I had earhole but there is an "A" from transliteration which changes things???

[Toorak]

25 earring?

[kamanu15]

could it be earmark?

[emmie]

i would go with earring

[kamanu15]

so are you saying that transliteration does not have an "a" in it - in the ration end of the word?? Does not sound right to me though

[Toorak]

Earmark would fit

[klazomaniac]

Earmark works as a double definition;

1. characteristic
2. sign of punctured lobe?

[MargoTester]

Endless
Suppurate
Tide rip
Transliteration
Sepia

[MargoTester]

Oops sorry didn't scroll

[MargoTester]

Confirm earmark and da ko ta