Messenger 004

[Fitzys]

5a: Elizabeth accepted drooping cover. 7 letters.?l?????
25a: Hit hard on the foot. 4 letters. S???
27a: Insect, flea possibly, found at end of book. 7 letters. ???l???

[Neveracrossword]

2 Sock

[ubasses]

5 b lank et

[fiction-factory]

flyleaf

[Tilly2]

25a sock

[Fitzys]

Thank you all. Just 3 clues left !
13a: It is emphatically its mischief maker.6 letters. I?????
7d: Poles included single day in Roman calendar. 5 letters. n?n??
A crime wave in the old kingdom. 6 letters. ?e?c?a

[Captain2]

last one - Mercia

[fiction-factory]

mercia

[Fitzys]

Thank you Captain 2. Only 2 left !!

[fiction-factory]

nines?

[Captain2]

7 N-one-S

[Patsy33]

7 nones

[fiction-factory]

Ah I tried nones and just found a us term for people with no religios affiliation.
Looks good though. I went for 1 in NNES (poles) as Roman calendar had Nundinae ("nine day") . Nones is better

[Captain2]

13 Itself

[fiction-factory]

Found it now.

[Captain2]

ie It's-elf

[fiction-factory]

Good one. I was focusing too much on IMP...

[Fitzys]

Thanks to each one for helping me.
I, too, was focusing on imp in 13a.
I wondered about those Poles in 7d and concluded it was Ns for North Pole and single ( one) in between but I was unsure and so appreciate answers from all.