Saga Cryptic crossword - May

[revelations]

7d. Distraught as well, having eaten a single brownie(6,7) 12a. Frredom of action gets high honour, seen in gold award.(8) 16d. Insect seen when climbing up? It's beside the point.(8) 1a.Failed to sort out a geometric proof's conclusion.(4,2,5)

[Vesper99]

12a Autonomy

[Vesper99]

1a Came to grief

[patsyann]

7down.Beside oneself.
16down Mantissa.
I need 13across.Skied poor service say,then nice shot?good for the set.I can only think of telegenic but need explanation if correct.
Also 15 across Britons in rebellion.?C?N?.
That would complete my puzzle.

[patsyann]

missed abit of the clue for 15 across.Britons in rebellion kill american in uprising.5 letters.?C?N?

[kayakamina]

Iceni.....A tribe of Britons.....Ice = kill (US slang) in <<

Could patsyann explain the logic to her answer 'Beside oneself' ?

Thank you

[patsyann]

Distraught as well=..Beside.
a single=ones.
Brownie=elf.
Thank you for iceni.Kayakamina

[Janner2]

Patsyann:

The explanation of 13 across is that poor sevice is a let. Presumably, by "skied", the compiler means "turn it upside down", which seems odd. "Say" is then "eg" and "nice" is rearranged to "enic"

There were some very odd clues this month - it took me ages to complete the crossword.

[patsyann]

Thank you Janner2