7a. Serious listener finds a home (7) ?????S?
11a. Express gratitude and throw out the middle container (4) ??N?
1d. Frenchman taking in France is profitable (7) ???N?U?
5d. Sport as unexciting as running (4, 6) ?L?? / ?A?I??
18d. He doesn't believe the two articles at first (7) ???E?S?