8a. Chance is in Royal Thousand (4) ????
10a. Peace spoken by Semitic (6) ?????D
12a. Alliance company pound back (4) ????
20a. Attack, reassign, go plundering (10) ???R?S?I?N (poss AGGRESSION but not sure why)
2d. Mint hat (8) ????????
Thanks for any help - I feel a bit brain-dead at the moment
So far for 2d, based on answers already got/provided being correct - I've got ?K???C?? (I suspect SKULLCAP but like a lot of this month's clues & answers - I can't see why)
Here's another little gem and another that's got me flummoxed.
17a. Delicate one is one who helps to get you online (4) ????
1d. Lofty note resting up above (10) ?I???L???G