9ac Colourless soluble hydrated double sulphate used as an astringent _ _U_ 18ac The first stage of a rocket, used to give initial acceleration _ _ _S_ _ _ 5dn Chord with notes played in rapid...
24ac Part of America under control of Columbus _ _ I_ 16dn Ridicule Teddy repeatedly _ _ _ _/_ _ _H 23dn Like one's local, serving up hard drink _I_H TIA
33ac Bluish-coloured, monogamous, almost flightless and endangered bird endemic to the forests of New Caledonia which lays a single egg _A_U 5dn Paint which dries with a lustrous finish, generally...
5dn Raised platform or tribunal from which orators addressed citizens in ancient Athens B_M_
9dn Plant with metallic blue teasel-like flowers which typically grows along sandy coastlines SEA/_O_L_