daily mail crossword

[alison6399]

Please help me with 1a, 9a,11a, 16a, 21a, 28a, 2d, 4d, 5d, 6d, 10d, 13d & 22d.

Please explain answers. Thanx

[Dinkypuzzled]

1a. Ca(r)te blanche(tt) r for river and tt for teetotal.
11a. double B.Ed.s

[metalmick]

5d N O T E (Eton raised), note is a fiver

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[whitehill]

9a bathtub 'that' with bub about
16a dog end = butt do is party, together with agenda without each end, i.e. unclothed
21a bottling which can be a type of plant, or factory, and to bottle something is to lose your nerve
28a in-group anagram of ring up o
2d ringleader anag of raider and glen
4d libido well, that means urge and it has bid, or offer, inside lio which presumably is short for lion, or hero
6d hotline self explanatory
10d bulldogclips bull= papal edict, dog is god exalted, ie going up, and clips is 151 pages (roman numerals)
13d coathanger anag. of c (for cape) and 'the angora'
22d iron ore iron= smooth and ore is Scandinavian money, or dough
Hope this all makes sense, it was a bit of a stinker today, wasn't it