3d finding a home for piano with fancy finish (7) - *l*c*n*. is it 'placing' and if so, why? 10a hide second family (4) - ***n. is it 'akin' and if so, why? 1d small fish ear (5) *p***. is it 'spike'?...
6a bird with old club card (9) - ***o*b***. is it 'spoonbill'? 12a musical upsetting vigilante, say (7,5) - *t*y*** **i*e. is it 'staying alive'? (Bee Gees hit record!?!)
41d prison child growing up in a cave? (10) - s*a*****t*. thought it might be strangeways, but this does not fit in with t being last but one letter. any ideas?
11d some rip off country when taking off (13) - *******n*t*o*. presumably something ending in 'nation' but what? 36a struggle in street again for small cloth (9) - s***i*t*e.? 41a small fruits are a...
just to confirm please - 11a wall of earth to stop in London (10) - e***n*****. 'embankment'? 12a quirky dictionary's replaced after i get caught (13) - ***o*y***a***. 'idiosyncratic'? 13d oddfrench...
8a singer Derek has endless desire for port (9) - ***r*o***. is it 'cherbourg' and, if so, why (aprt from cher being singer)? 6d emphatically take a sound sleep (5) - ***s*. is it 'crash'? 3d nearly...
8a - inactive PM in Sun, eg, has happy ending (9) - *e*e*****. is it 'celebrate' and if so, why? 9d - may turn in, got there before lost desert animal (8,5) - is it 'bactrian camel' and if so, again I...