Saga

[Daij]

12a Favourite car with refusal to reverse (6)

M?N???              MINION maybe?

7d Sailor perhaps swaggered on island (7)

No letters, but, I'm thinking, BOATMAN

9a Weary after cycling to get beverage (3)

??R

19d Reduced part of pine ramp (3)

??N

Thanks in advance

[newmodarmy]

Or shipman?

Minion looks ok

[Captain2]

12 Yes, def 3

min·ion

  (mĭn′yən)

n.

1. An obsequious follower or dependent; a sycophant.

2. A subordinate official, especially a servile one.

3. One who is highly esteemed or favored; a darling.

Car = MINI + ON = refusal/no reversed

[Daij]

Mistake spotted - 7 is ??E?M?N

I'm thinking CREWMAN but can't  parse

 

[Captain2]

19 Nip PIN(e) ramped/reversed

[Captain2]

^^^ Ignore my 19, please

[Captain2]

7 Crew-man

Crew is past participle of (to) crow (to boast one's superiority/swagger)

[Daij]

Thanks very much for your help

[Cryptomaniac]

19 d: I think the solution is CON ( reduced part of pine tree - cone). And a ramp also has the meaning of an attempt to embezzle money. The ‘c’ fits my solution to 18ac.

[Cryptomaniac]

9 ac - KIR, a French drink made with blackcurrant juice (cassis) and white wine. Anagram of irk (to worry), though I would’ve thought ‘cycling’ was an indicator of reversing the word completely.

One for me, please: 21ac Wooden article found in old house: O-K-N. Maybe ‘oaken’ but cannot parse. tia

[scorpiojo]

O(ld) a(article) ken (house)

 

ken, n. 1

1. (UK Und., also kenner, ker) a house; a home, a room.

[Cryptomaniac]

Thanks Scorpiojo, I didnae ken that meaning of house or home for ken. Didn’t find it in searches, either.

[scorpiojo]

You are welcome.