PHOENIX CROSSWORD

[starmack]

Any help appreciated on any clue. Clues not easy.

27d (6 letters). At third level, abbreviated conjugal relation can go either way
U?I?E?

1d (6 letters). Being unseeded, come a cropper and cry out in pain.
???L?W (thinking bellow???)

3d (5 letters). Drawn by government leader and relative
???N?

8a (8 letters). Brooch included in a bout of repartee
???I???E

[alexanderd]

3d gaunt

[starmack]

8a letters now read
???I?A?E

[alexanderd]

27 could it be unisex?

[Aquagility]

£d G aunt

[bibblebub]

1d fallow

[starmack]

see Unisex now! Briliant.

[alexanderd]

8a dont ask me why but I think its badinage

[bibblebub]

8a badinage

[bibblebub]

brooch = badge, and insert 'in a'

[starmack]

That would leave 8a letters ==
?A?I?A?E

[JMR27]

8a bad in a ge

[bibblebub]

if unisex then uni(versity) is 3rd level of education, conjugal relation = sex

[mazie]

8a Badinage

[starmack]

Hey, thanks to all. alexanderd, aquagility and bibblebub. Two of of those answers I was never gonna see.

[starmack]

Just catching those answers now from JMR27 and mazie. Again, thanks to all

[alexanderd]

our pleasure