woman's day puzzler

[bluebonnet12]

double trouble, this one has two sets of clues, cryptic and straight,
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1 a idle cat wiggled tongue, (7) ??a???
1 d plans announcement of game (6) ??a?i?
2 d band all threaten to upset an area of north queensland (8,9) (in straight clues plateau in the great dividing range west of cairns could be atherton tablelands)
23 a they hug coach recalled in ashers (9) e?b?a?e??
5 a a number of custermers in grocery spill the beans
11 a chopped vegetables and oats cooked in pot by a boy (6,5) ??????h?u?d
thankyou in advance

[mac44]

1a. Dialect = Tongue, anag of idle cat.
23a. Embracers, car backwards in embers.

[mac44]

2d. you are correct with Atherton Tableland.
It's an anag of 'band all threaten to'

[crofter]

1d Drafts = sounds like Draughts

[slaney]

?? Basset hound for 11a
-- has oats in it and b for boy , but the rest escapes me.

[bluebonnet12]

thankyou everyone and have a merry christmas and a bright new year

[crofter]

11a Potato Salad = Anag of OATS inside POT and A LAD

[crofter]

5a Clientele? = anag of LENTIL inside?

[bluebonnet12]

thankyou crofter, my mistake i forgot to put how many letters for 5 across there are 4 letters

[crofter]

In that case your answer is SING (hidden)

Are you saying that the answer to 11a is Basset Hound (not POTATO SALAD)?

[slaney]

Potato salad is much better Crofter !, but see Bluebonnets post above at 5.22 am.

[bluebonnet12]

hi crofter it was potatosalad i only spelt gulf wrong had gluf any wonder i could not get it to work