The Very Logical Prize Puzzle # 229

[Matakari]

Thanks for some help with the following...

ACROSS:

11 Uncle Tom's saintly friend and little singer? ( 3 ) E?A ( Eva perhaps? )
16 When mud flats are exposed, cattle might, if poorly tied. ( 3,4 )
L?W?I?E ( Is it LOW LIFE ? )

DOWN:
4 Heathen one might do so for gold around Georgia. ( 5 )
?A?A? ( I am thinking: KARAT...)

Many thanks for the rationale behind these answers...

[squarebear]

11 There used to be a singer in the sixties called Little Eva if that helps?

[grasscarp]

16 Low Tide

[Fenwickl]

pagan, 4dn?

[cupid04]

pagan

[Matakari]

Many thanks...Trying to see the word play, though... "poorly tied" = tide?

[squarebear]

poorly tied indicates an anagram of TIED. Cattle Low, as in "Away In A Manger"

[grasscarp]

and mud flats get exposed at low tide......

[Matakari]

Many thanks, Squarebear and grasscarp! Everything is clear now!

[Matakari]

Thanks for your help, Cupid04 and Fenwicki!