5a - Instances of appropriating ideas etc. (11) P_ _ _ _ _ A _ I _ M _ 6d - Most serious or solemn (7)_ _ A _ E _ T 12d - Hindu Goddess of Destruction, consort of Siva (4) K _ _ I 20a - Giving off sparks whenstruck like a flint (9) IGNE_C_ _ T 25a - Feeling of intense aversion (9) A _ _ I _ATHY 39a - Brown, North American quails (9) _O_W_I_E_ Sorry there are rather a lot this week. Cheers in advance.
Thankyou Alcan - Rhinestones I should have got a bit brain dead today. Google refers to Germinal as amonth used after the French Revolution equating to March, which was why I was reluctant over that