Everyman

[Ont-ice]

1A. Captain playing well in match (7) ??????m
15A. Brief description of a person and his sailing boat
(9 6). No letters to give you on that one as only starting.

[bridgenut]

Could the 2nd one be Thumbnail Sketch ?

[johnalex]

15a. Character Sketch . . . . inspired by Bridgenut!

[Ont-ice]

bridgenut I do have a T as the 7th letter in 15A. The T comes from 4D. Conventional place for white lines (6 2 3 4) Middle of the Road.
Sketch sounds good (ketch being included in sketch)

[bridgenut]

Two heads .....................................
well done Johnalex

[Ont-ice]

I gave you both three stars.
Bridgenut for the inspiration and
Johnalex for the answer.
Well done!
By the way my M in 1A. Also comes from Middle of the Road so I hope I have that one correct.

[Argee2]

1A Conform
C(aptain) on form

[bridgenut]

must be Centre of the Road then for 1A

[bridgenut]

ignore that ! Thinking the 'C' was the start of the word . Apologies .

[Ont-ice]

Thank you Agree2.
Thanks also to bridgenut and johnalex.
Because of your help, (the three of you) I can now start to seriously work out the rest of it - if I can!!!!