Sunday Times

[bravodeltic]

Help on a few please
1a silly old lady and current old man coming back (6)
???c?p
5a dilute the fruit regularly through cleaning (8)
W???r?a?
14a absence of gravity or a term describing it (8)
H???r?l?
17d secretary's learned to make progress (7) p?s????
18a cheap beer, see (6) ??d?c?
Thanks in advance

[Svejk]

1. madcap

[dannyk13]

1a.Madcap
17d.Passage

[filmbuff]

MAD CAP (DAM + C + PA backwards
WATERISH alt letters od the fruit in WASH
HILARITY (HILARY + It
PA's SAGE
BUD GET

[Lie-in King]

1a Madcap - 'dam + c(urrent) + pa' (all back)
5a Waterish - regular letters 'ThE fRuIt' (in; through) 'wash'
14a Hilarity (absence of gravity) - 'Hilary' (term; eg uni or law, round) 'it'
17d PA's-sage
18a Budget (cheap) - 'Bud(weiser)' (beer) + 'get' (see)