Capitals or Administrative Centre of Countries, States, Counties or Areas

[Ternigapp]

Please help, I've done as much as I can on this quiz but these are the ones I'm stuck on:

1.We named this "bird" with an "e" for Europe (8)

2. Home of mayonnaise (5)

3. Was it the start of Ian Smith's lifeline?  (5)

4. When in Spain, not the Watney's Red Barrel  (3,6)

5. Haig not the only one upset with this 1915 battle(4)

6. A drive too far for Mark? (5)

7. A Stephen Rea-Neil Jordan film for me (4)

8. A rice (5)

9. Bill's spot (6,4)

10. A Prussion icon (8)

11. Sounds like a primate (4)

12. Sounds like mother's top shelf (6)

13. Definately not Raquel, Jordan or Karen! (4)

14. Add a pound after initially chopping 2 bob (6)

15. A beautiful small leafed lime? (6)

16. I could not see what was in front of my nose (5)

17. Can Thomas make the cut? (3,3)

Many thanks

[mahonia]

2. Mahon (capital of Minorca)

8. Patna (Indian state capital)

[mahonia]

6. Dakar (Mark Thatcher got lost on Paris to Dakar rally)

[gpb]

14. Chop two bob -? shilling. Therefore pound+shilling -

 ? Guinea.

[THECORBYLOON]

1 sounds like Concorde but I've had a quick look and can't find it's a capital anywhere. I'll look later but. 

[sddsddean]

I think Concord is the capital of Massachusetts CL.

[mahonia]

10. Bismarck (capital of North Dakota)

[wingman]

4. San Miguel

[THECORBYLOON]

ssdssdean there's a Concord in Massachusetts but the State Capital is Boston.

[Ternigapp]

Thanks to everyone for your help

Ternigapp