local paper crossword

[GOONBIRD]

I'M EITHER GETTING SENILE, OR THE QUESTIONS ARE GETTING MORE OBSCURE! HELP PLEASE!

1. Old settler got his cocktail after six (8) (f)*S*****

2. Here service clothing is included (6) (f)orces ? possibly? NO LETTERS SO FAR.

3. Yelded and made a gift of some territory (4,6) 1st as 5th of Q1.

4. Pupils train young ladies (11) *******I*** 4th as 7th of Q3

[Quizmonster]

1 Visigoth...VI = Roman 6 and the rest is an anagram (ie cocktail) of 'got his'.

[Quizmonster]

3. Gave ground.

[crofter]

4. schoolgirls!

[crofter]

2. Vestry?

[GOONBIRD]

THANKS EVERYONE! I've decided it is senility!! A FEW MORE PLEASE!

5. Asylum,note for a fugitive (7) R*F*G**  refuged????

6. Chief of the fallen angels among the blissful (5) **L*S 1st as 7th of Q5

7. Speak evil of another footballer's computing unit say (8) *A*K*I*E talkbite??

8. Maid with much to complain about? (7) A*I***L

9. Employment exchange (5) T***E 3rd as 5th Q8

Thanks I must keep taking the tablets (as Moses said)

[stymied]

5. refugee=refuge+e=fugitive

6. eblis i  'the bliss'

[stymied]

6. eblis in 'the blissful'

Sorry about typing error.

[stymied]

7. backbite

8. abigail=a+big+ail

9.  trade

[GOONBIRD]

thanks again everyone. it is finished