7a. A twit to blame, foolishly, the bad weather. (4,5) ?A?E ?R???. Hare Brain? I can see B (bad) RAIN (weather) but ...... Is 4d 'BIRDMAN? 4d. Chap hovering around hoping for some grub? (7). Many thanks for any thoughts.
Many thanks sedge47 and I saw my 'birdman' answer when I went back to site. My typing is not very fast! Same crossword 20a. Nick, bottling the anger, returned in uniform. (8) ???E???D. Can you help again please.