Cross Contamination By Coot

[Matakari]

Good day, answers would be appreciated for the following, thanks!

www.crossword.org.uk/contamination.html

( Clashes appear in ten cells. A one-word description of the theme can be made using one set of letters, and a two-word description using the other set. Solvers should fill the grid using the former and write the latter under the grid. )

ACROSS:
4. Old funnymen's self-esteem wearing skimpy underwear? Not good (3,5):
?H?G???S
9. Favourite in garden? "Varied aster bed", admits King (9) :??D?R???T
11. Spirit level finally located behind a trailer, oddly (5) : A???L
13. Two-thirds of fish in pan sparkle, done very quickly (5-4) : ??I?D???E
DOWN:
1. Fight boy at wedding in process of getting wasted? (9) : S?????S??
16. Irritates one of the French retained doctors, perhaps (9) : G???????S
17. Fleet, initially failing to depart, tortuously trace signal (9) : T???????H
18. Quoted by awkward journalist (8) : ???D????
20. Cushion for footballer's quiet, stylish home (4,3) :??I????

[Captain2]

20 Sh-in Pad

[douglas9401]

4. The Goons

[cashier]

4 The Goons

[Neveracrossword]

4 The Goons, old funnymen. Ego inside Thon(g)s.
13 Rapid Fire
20 Shin Pad.

[JJ109]

4 The Goons

[Neveracrossword]

9 Redbreast, favourite (bird) in garden, anagram.

[klazomaniac]

9 Redbreast (robin)

[cashier]

111 Ariel

[Neveracrossword]

1 D Scrapppage - Scrap Page

[Neveracrossword]

...ignore the extra P in my Scrappage.

[JJ109]

9 Redbreast

[JJ109]

17 Telegraph

[ProfessorMaisie]

16 GRADUATES 18 TENDERED

[Matakari]

Many thanks, all! A few more problematic ones to handle, though. I'll be back!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari. With any luck - and a bit of faith in yourself - you won't need to come back with another batch!

[pomona]

There may be clashes so letters may be wrong...
3d Close match...dismissal...runs...edge...over (6) S?R?O?
27a What cuts cow having gut extracted with probes? (5) ??P?R
22d Egg on meat often served in bread crusts removed (4) ?E?E

[Matakari]

Good morning, Some help with the following, thanks!
3d looks like SCRAPE AND 22D MEZE?

12A Short video recalled enclosure from Epsom or Pontefract (5) :
P?O?P ( A clash? )
14A Principal artist lost without it (4) : A?A? ( STAR, a clash? )
19A Old squeeze, say (7) : E?E?E?S
26A Stuck setting, Coot's disappeared! (5) : C?U??
29A Quality stock (8) : ????D?D?
17D Fleet, initially failing to depart, tortuously trace signal (9) :
T???????H

[Neveracrossword]

12 - reversed in clue.

[pomona]

19a Ex press (clash)
14a yes star artist without it anagram ...yes clash
26a clu(i)ng
29a standing.....i think ?...clash
17 already answered

[pomona]

22d why meze?